Vince, Jake, Nick, and Tav
Another earlier arrival at the cave packing bags until the rest of the team turned up. When all were assembled the small team deployed to Can of Worms where Nick was upfront digging. While Jake cleared away the filled bags I went on to AUD to retrieve the strips of polyurethane (industrial door flaps) to be reused on the skip run at CoW. Tav remained on the surface.
On my return to CoW the strips were quickly put in place and then the task of clearing the accumulation of spoil could start in earnest. The strips proved to be a big improvement when hauling along the passage. The first batch of bags cleared out to the surface and while they were being emptied by Tav, Jake and I went back for the next lot. And so, the morning progressed – 100 bags were filled, hauled, and emptied plus about a skip load of stones. Thankfully the heavy showers and thunderstorms forecast held off although Tav reported some lighter showers had passed over.
Later, while sat in the comfort of the Hunters’ enjoying our refreshments, the sky opened, torrential rain! We had timed our activities to perfection.