Full Flight Our latest evening dig session, as planned, involved clearing rubble and other infill material from the emerging flight of steps. But first we had to do a quick check of something discovered back on Day 9 – a curious length of iron pipe leading away from the western corner of the building. We…

The Next Step Revealed A few days of changeable weather meant that the ground had become a little damp. Although the area we wanted to investigate wasn’t too bad, the slope up which the barrows have to be pushed to stack the spoil was a little greasy and we were careful to not overfill the…

A Brief Respite from the Rain The dry spring we have enjoyed so far is now behind us and it was touch and go whether we would go ahead or cancel Sunday’s session. Throughout the week the predicted weather for Sunday looked poor, but by Friday things started to look brighter both metaphorically and literally….

As the sun went down, so did we! With the lighter evenings and the continuing dry weather, the team has opted to do some excavations during the week after work. As cavers we are quite used to working in the dark and once the sun goes down we just get out some portable lights and…