9/6/26

Estelle, James, Mike, Ed, Dave, Harley

2hrs 45mins

Estelle, Harley and Ed got there early and Estelle and Harley started filling buckets, whilst Ed was doing some engineering of the rockpile and rocks to level it off in the end chamber to try and work towards getting some sort of drag tray possible in the future. We've a lot of rock in that chamber that has been put aside, so good use of it to level things off. Estelle was working on the area around the new opening last week, firstly clearing off a 'step' to stick buckets on but also digging out the wall below it whilst taking some out from the top also. Harley was digging the bottom right corner. Once the first round of 33 buckets was filled and the rest of the team were away from the end, Estelle took to the loose looking boulders on the left higher up. A large amount of rocks was safely brought down and Ed then went on to plug and feather one and make use of some of the others. More empty buckets appeared so continued digging and we think we reused all 33 buckets, but there may be a chance they didn't all go out first time. There was still a good draught from above, it does look more like the roof of a passage than any aven, but a lot of spoil below it all needs removing before we'll reveal anything! Some photos were taken before we went out. All buckets taken up and a fair number were emptied into the old LH side dig. Stu L met us as we all came out and then we all headed to the Hunters