The Old Ruminator
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The cave with the big draught .
Met Mike at 3.30pm after carrying down the scaffolding kit. Tweaked the big fallen branch hung up in the tree which crashed down just missing me. All pleasant in the wood now the leaf floor is drying out.
Set up the carefully designed scaffold prop after some minor adjustments. That wall is OK now and in any case we are well past it.Set off various smoke matches and a smoke " b@mb " ( Caugh/splutter ). All the smoke eventually cleared away to the end choke. No draught in the small rift further back. Mike dug the end pushing it half a metre forward. Every time I had a go a rain of doss fell on my head eventually accompanied by a larger rock. A tactical withdrawal to to set up another pin and pole ready for a 800mm support next time ( see video ). All the spoil and rocks found a home in the hole in the floor area so no bags used. If the Friday Nighters can make 200/300mm or so forward progress each time bags and more digging can be done on a Tuesday. Rocks in the end choke will be capped next Friday so nothing to do on Tuesday. In any case I need a break.The " fault " wall continues under the quarry floor and the end is now 3m beyond the entrance heading for the steep bank ( by my low grade survey ). Depth maybe 3m or so but getting far deeper under the bank.Clearly the limestone continues that way for some distance as the quarry edge is a long way back.
Met Mike at 3.30pm after carrying down the scaffolding kit. Tweaked the big fallen branch hung up in the tree which crashed down just missing me. All pleasant in the wood now the leaf floor is drying out.
Set up the carefully designed scaffold prop after some minor adjustments. That wall is OK now and in any case we are well past it.Set off various smoke matches and a smoke " b@mb " ( Caugh/splutter ). All the smoke eventually cleared away to the end choke. No draught in the small rift further back. Mike dug the end pushing it half a metre forward. Every time I had a go a rain of doss fell on my head eventually accompanied by a larger rock. A tactical withdrawal to to set up another pin and pole ready for a 800mm support next time ( see video ). All the spoil and rocks found a home in the hole in the floor area so no bags used. If the Friday Nighters can make 200/300mm or so forward progress each time bags and more digging can be done on a Tuesday. Rocks in the end choke will be capped next Friday so nothing to do on Tuesday. In any case I need a break.The " fault " wall continues under the quarry floor and the end is now 3m beyond the entrance heading for the steep bank ( by my low grade survey ). Depth maybe 3m or so but getting far deeper under the bank.Clearly the limestone continues that way for some distance as the quarry edge is a long way back.