Just me
It turned out that today the team had fallen by the wayside for a variety of reasons – no matter there was still plenty for me to get on with.
Underground it was still very damp beyond Trick or Treat. Made the decision to remove the stalagmite (it was loose anyway) to enable the area to be taken down to a level c.0.75m below the roof (1◊) in the SE ‘alcove’ area. More faunal remains were recovered. After a couple of hours lying in the damp, I needed to answer a call of nature so packed away the kit and samples and made for the surface.
Relieved. There were several loose stones that had been hauled out previously that I could not resist adding to the spoil heap wall. It was pleasantly sunny and sheltered at the cave.
3rd October
Vince, Roz
Following recent rain, it was soggy underground beyond Trick or Treat and difficult digging conditions. Nothing to be done but to get on with it and do the best that could be done. Spent a couple of hours or so carefully digging in the SE ‘alcove’ beyond Trick or Treat and recovered quite a few more identifiable elements and fragments including left scaphoid, phalanges, vertebra, and occlusal surface of molar. All finds were bagged and tagged, packaged for removal and cleaning/drying back at home later.