John Cooper. Took up some water but the tub has filled up with recent
rain so not needed at present. Two mixes of cement used adding to access pit
wall. Second mix larger than planned as it started much too wet! Need some
local rocks. 3 hours. John.
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| Midway through session. Photo JC. |
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| End of session. Photo JC. |
Michael Kousiounis and John Gisborne. With JG mixing and MK wall building, 3 mixes used to continue with the ladder pit. A tad wet. 2 hours. Mike.
Mike Kushy, John Cooper and John Gisborne. MK to begin with. Made a mix and carried on with the ladder pit wall. Then a go at pf work down the bottom. JC turned up around 2ish and we cleared anything loose from the dig face. JG showed up aroud 3ish and took over from JC hauling, a dozen or so more buckets removed. We may have to start looking at using a breaker or HE soon. Mike.
Mike Kushy, Mike Wise and John Cooper. MK and MW to begin with. With MW at the dig face and MK on the winch loads of mud removed. The pair swapped over and more mud removed. Once down to rock MW went back in to do some pf work. MK in the mean time made a mix and continued with the ladder pit wall. JC turned up and MW left around 2ish. JC took over from MK wall building and MK went to continue with the pf work, widening the dig face. JC did another 3 bucket mix in the meantime. The winch and mesh grid has now been cable tied down and the area around the winch levelled out. Ali Moody popped by on her walk and got a photo. 7 hours. Mike.
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| MK at dig face. Photo AM. |
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| Ladder pit walls. Photo MK. |
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| Dog tooth crystal vug 2 inch. Photo MK. |
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| Dig face at end. Photo MK. |
Mike Kushy. 3 mixes made and used to finish the retaining wall to the south (soil can go behind this now ready for bushes to be planted). Also started building the ladder pit entrance wall to the west. Once this is built the scaffold legs for the winch can be brought in closer and the angle for winching made steeper. 4 hours. Mike.
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| Ladder pit in construction. Photo MK. |
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| Retaining wall to the south. Photo MK. |
Mike Kushy and John Cooper. MK to begin with. After sourcing some 2 inch steel I laid the floor for the winch and moved that into position. The scaffold legs were attached and some quick thinking to get it all up in the air. JC arrived and we did some fine tuning whilst hauling some buckets up, over a dozen buckets cleared I'd say. The winch needs fixing down to the steels. After JC left MK carried on wall bulding around the steels with a mix. 6 hours.
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| MK at bottom. Photo JC. |
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| The bottom at the end. Photo MK. |
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| Winch set up. Photo MK. |
Mike Kushy. Moving tipped rock pile from trailer behind walling. 2 hours. Mike.
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| Tipped pile. Photo MK. |
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| Stone moved into dig. Photo MK. |
