Thursday 16th January 2020


John Cooper, Wayne Starsmore, Adrian Vanderplank and Jude Vanderplank. Jude testing how recovery coming along. Meanwhile rest to dig face to pop a boulder blocking view on at high level in bottom tunnel. John drilled one hole then Adrian drilled second. Fired from a couple of metres up the bottom shaft. Fumes caught Adrian up when he was halfway up the bottom shaft but then vanished into roof at top. 1½ hours.

Monday 13th January 2020


John Cooper and Wayne Starsmore. Took in 2 bags of sand. With just two of us tonight we added 2 mixes of cement, all there was, to the Spiral Staircase. 1¼ hours.

Thursday 9th January 2020


John Cooper, Wayne Starsmore and Adrian Vanderplank. Took in capping kit. Adrian first removed the nose on the left which broke off nicely. Next took off a protruding lump on the right. Finally used the remaining battery power on a rock on the floor which wasn’t quite finished. Adrian and Wayne then discussed the next stage. Very drippy tonight, running rather than dripping! 1¾ hours.