18-1-22 unexpected dryness!

Estelle Sandford, Mike Moxon, Jon Riley, Dave Walker, Chris George, Fran Campbell

1hr 15mins

Expected to find the dig flooded and no possible digging, so was pleasantly surprised when it wasn’t underwater, in fact the end was 2ft below the dam, so clearly has some drainage and the pool was just below the grill at the point when we arrived. Estelle checked it out and then went back out to get the others to come down and bring some containers to drain off more water and digging stuff, rather than heading to the pub early! There was a dead rabbit on the step that was rather stinky and looked like it had been washed in during the recent rains, so that was evicted and disposed of first. Pool at the end was drained into containers and then using digging buckets, baled over the dam into the pool to a point where it wasn’t a pain for digging. There had been quite a reasonable slump at the end so clearly the water had reached the roof at the dig at some point since the last digging session before Christmas, but that wouldn’t have been surprising with the amount of rain we’d had… Once drained, digging commenced, Estelle did 18 buckets and then Dave did 10 buckets as due to lack of darts, we’d agreed to get to the pub by 8:30pm! Next week, Estelle will remember the new buckets and with no rains forecast, should be continued easy digging.