30th January

The western spoil-heap wall extension. Image taken 30/01/26

Solo

Packed the Bosch Powerhammer 36v (for a change) along with plugs/feathers, loaded the Kangoo and set-off over the hill to the farm. I was soon at the cave.

On arrival, I got distracted by the pile of rocks hauled out last weekend and could not help myself. All the rocks were added to the western wall extension before venturing underground.

Slumped sediment on the ledge.

It has been very wet recently and the ingress of water into the cave has resulted in a slump of sediment from the bank alongside the ledge path around the pot. It is in the way and will require clearing tomorrow before spoil can be removed from Can of Worms – good job there is a hand-line in place! I negotiated a route around the slump and made my way into CoW. It did not take too long to deal with the large boulder there before retracing my steps to the ledge.

A pile of rocks in Can of Worms awaiting removal

On the ledge another, smaller, boulder was reduced in size. Photographs were taken, kit was packed away (again) and I made my way out of the cave.

A brief stop at the Hunters’ for refreshments on the way home.