Saturday 20th December 2025

John Cooper, Pete Hann, Mike Kousiounis and Kate Lawrence. Cooler today at 6°C and only a slight breeze. Kate to the bottom where she sent up 40 loads of mud and a couple of loads of rocks. The too large rocks were put aside to be dealt with later. After the 40 loads of mud target was reached Mike went down to break up the rocks. He didn’t break all of them up to a suitably small size but they did all fit in buckets. A total of 15 loads of rock hauled up today. The bottom ladder now doesn’t overlap with the middle ladder! 2½ hours. John.

Saturday 13th December 2025

John Cooper, Nigel Graham, Pete Hann, Kate Lawrence, Adrian Vanderplank and Jude Vanderplank. Dry and sunny to start with but clouded over later. Still 10°C and little wind. John to the bottom to start with breaking up rocks. Swapped with Kate who then sent up 12 loads of rocks and then started on the mud. 30 loads of mud and another 6 of rocks sent up. Kate then came out to continue preparing Christmas dinner! Adrian went to the bottom with his capping kit and another 6 loads of rock sent up making a total of 24 for the day. Depth measured today at 14m. 2½ hours. John.

Saturday 6th December 2025

John Cooper, Nigel Graham, Pete Hann, Kate Lawrence, Adrian Vanderplank and Jude Vanderplank. Showers today but temperature up a bit at 10°C. Kate and Jude at the bottom for the first 20 buckets then Adrian replaced Jude for the next 20. In addition 6 loads of rocks were hauled out. Kate took some pictures looking under Pete’s wall at the end of the session. 2½ hours. John.

Grotto. Photo KL.

Photo KL.

Chlamys Midas? Photo KL. 

Saturday 29th November 2025.

John Cooper, Nigel Graham, Pete Hann, Kate Lawrence, Adrian Vanderplank and Jude Vanderplank. Cold but dry today. Jude and Kate to the bottom to start with. After 20 buckets of mud and a few of rock sent up Adrian replaced Jude. Took down P/F and capping kit. Then more buckets of rock and another 10 buckets of mud sent up. Adrian was enlarging the rift to the South, underneath Pete’s wall. A total of 15 loads of rock for the session. 2½ hours. John.

Saturday 22nd November 2025

John Cooper, Pete Hann, Kate Lawrence, Adrian Vanderplank and Jude Vanderplank. Cold and wet, raining, today so just a short fettling session. Kate went to the bottom to see if any urgent repairs required but she reported all OK. Adrian then used plug & feathers on a bulge sticking out on the top section. Once removed the top ladder was repositioned. Whilst Adrian was working on this the rest of us cleared the existing rocks from the shakehole and left them on the heap outside. 1 hour. John.