Written by: Rob Eavis
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Evening trip with just me and Dave.

The last 3m of the dig has been with a good righthand wall and roof, skirting around the muddy bouldery choke on the left, but it was always feared that the wall on the left would slump in in high water conditions. Therefore last night we carried in planks and scaff, courtesy of Hucklow Digging Stores, to shore up the lefthand wall. We first dug out an extra foot for the full length and the boards went in nicely, using natural keyholes for the scaf. Needs a cross brace next trip, but otherwise its fine.

Dave then extended the hose so that the water reaches the dig face and we spent some time inspecting the "solutional pocket" in front, rather than following the main passage to the left. This pocket was never dug by the previous diggers, presumably because it doesn't look very promising. However a roof tube suggested there may be more to it, and after 20 mins digging the lefthand wall straightened up and it looks like a passage may be lurking behind!

Lots of digging to do now......