22nd July 2017

With Jake, Tav, Jonathon and Brockers.

Brockers cleared the bags and debris, Jake in the Tuck Shop, Tav on the [slippery] slope, Jonathon doing the haul and shuttle, leaving me on the surface, hauling skips and managing spoil dispersal. Rather surprisingly, I wasn’t at all bothered by pesky, buzzing flies.

The rock that came out of the cave was added to the walls, finer sediment and gravel was levelled and compacted. Six dozen skip loads (51 bags and 21 skips of rocks), including 20 bags left-over from last weekend were shifted, each load somewhere about 10kg.

The news from the end, a solid rock had been reached, so no-go in a downwards direction. Another discussion ensued, continue the dig that leads to the south-west for a while and see how that develops, it might intersect something. I will arrange something for a mid-week visit to loosen the area. And so…to the pub.