Thursday 10th October 2019


John Cooper, Adrian Vanderplank and Jude Vanderplank. Jude came in to change the SRT ropes on Nut pitch but had difficulty undoing a maillon so that didn’t get done. New rope taken out again. Meanwhile Adrian and John used 3 mixes of cement building up the Spiral Staircase. Only enough cement left for one mix. 1½ hours.

Monday 7th October 2019


John Cooper, Rob Harper, Pete Hellier, Wayne Starsmore and Adrian Vanderplank. Took in another 2 bags of sand. With Adrian loading, John on the ledge, Wayne above him and Pete transferring the loads to Rob a grand total of 73 tubs of spoil were dumped in The Pit. The bottom of Four-Tonne shaft is clear again. Lack of time, or was it will power, means The Pit remains to be emptied. Very drippy tonight. 2½ hours.

Monday 30th September 2019


John Cooper, Rob Harper, Pete Hellier, Will Reed, Wayne Starsmore and Adrian Vanderplank. Took in another 2 bags of sand. Worked the bottom tunnel and shaft this evening. Pete at the face, Wayne breaking up rocks, Rob loading, Will hauling and John hauling and transferring 30 rather heavy loads of rocks were sent along to Adrian for stacking at the foot of Four-Tonne Shaft. The bottom now has a couple of rocks requiring breaking up plus some clatch. After that on to the face. Will forgot his gloves and now has blisters on both hands! Very drippy tonight. 2¼ hours.