Vince, Jon, Jake, Nick, and Tav
Couldn’t believe my eyes, arrived at the car park early to find the team already assembled and signed in at the hotel reception. So, quickly off to the cave, some of us carrying bags, strops, and rope.
As usual it was a warm trip through the cave to the dig in LoH&G and then straight into digging, no chance of cooling down! The digging was ‘easy’ enough, just sinking a spade into the fine-grained sediment (silty fine sand) and filling the bags on a downward spiral in a relatively constricted area. The filled bags were more easily moved along the narrow approach passage than the buckets and progress through the evening continued at a steady rate.
At the end of the session, it wasn’t quite so easy to climb up and out of the small pot and a spade was employed as a ‘stepping’ aid, as the dig progresses some thought will be given to making easier access into and out of the ‘pot’.
At the entrance refreshments in the ravine were enjoyed, at least by those that had remembered to bring along a suitable beverage!