25th April

Vince, Jake, Tav, Sam, Jon, Nick, and Harley

I spent some time levelling over the spoil heap ready for the dumping of more material and started to bundle-up the dried bags ready for refilling later. The team arrived.

In Can of Worms, it was my turn to dig aided by Jake, continued to pursue the sediment-filled fossil passage/bedding trending southwest. It’s not especially ‘easy-digging’’ lying on your side swinging a ‘pick’ to loosen the sometimes cemented-sediment but it is, curiously, satisfying. It is drying out considerably in this part of the cave. There is no sign yet of a ‘supermassive black hole. But it does keep us entertained! And progress is positively going forward.

Tav was on the ledge hauling spoil from CoW with Sam, Harley, and Jon getting the spoil to the bottom of the entrance, where Nick hauled it out to the surface. For no apparent reason, Jon, Harley, and Sam ventured along to the Gnarly North (Harley went to the surface to ‘warm-up’ soon afterwards!) There was also some fettling done to the skip-run between the entrance and ledge, but signs of “improvement” were not obvious.

The time passed quickly and at close of play, a total of 63 bags had been filled, hauled, and emptied onto the spoil heap, plus a few rocks added to the wall. As ever, a good session.

Time for the Hunters’

Mystery object: it might look like a coprolite, but I think it’s calcite-cemented ‘ooze’