Vince, Tav, Nick, Jake, Brockers
Got up to the cave early with a variety of tools to clear the ground of brambles and other vegetation so another section of spoil heap wall can be added. When that was completed started to pack bags ready for refilling later.
The rest of the team arrived, bags were packed, all underground. I headed off to the dig in the AUD area followed by Tav. Jake, Brockers, and Nick filled a few bags (10no.) in Can of Worms before starting to clear the accumulated filled bags and rocks.
I continued digging through the ‘hole in the floor’, while Tav filled a few bags from the area above the ‘false’ floor and created a bit more space. I managed to expose some more substantial boulders and moved them to a place where they could be dealt with at a later date (I’ll break them up midweek). Once the boulders were out of the way the sandy matrix could be loosened and bagged. Towards the end of digging some lumps of calcite (floor) were removed making the end a bit roomier. Cleared up the loose and that was the digging done for today, time to get the cave cleared!
About 60 bags had been filled, hauled, and emptied with 10 skip loads of rock used to start the next section of spoil heap wall. Cave secured, it was time to get changed and up to the Hunters’ for some refreshments.