Vince, Brockers, Jake, Jon, Nick, and Tav
Tav set-off to the NE extent, An Unexpected Development area, to dig with Jon helping to remove the spoil generated; Brockers went to Can of Worms to fill some bags. There was the pile of rocks and gravel to remove from the NE, so spoil was quickly moving through the cave to be temporarily stored at the bottom of the entrance. Nick and Jake were shifting spoil from the NE and up to the ledge, I cleared spoil from Brokers and hauled stuff from the ledge to the entrance. When Brockers had filled about 20 bags he went up to the surface and started to haul spoil out of the cave. This was not an easy task today as recent rain had soaked the hauling rope and mud soon adhered to it making the rope very difficult to grip. There was not enough water in any of the buckets to wash the rope. Eventually, Jake took over from me at the bottom of the entrance and I went to the surface to help with the hauling out.
At the end of the session 96 bags had been filled, hauled, and emptied plus several loads of rock were added to the spoil heap wall extension. A productive morning, concluded with a visit to the Hunters’ Lodge Inn for some refreshments.