(NOTE: Images on this page will enlarge if you click on them).
 The depression before start of work © Duncan Price |
 21AUG08: Mark Crook stripping off the topsoil |
 21AUG08: Dave Morrison checking the depression. |
 21AUG08: Tangent explaining all to Jane and Henry D. |
 21AUG08: The start of the digging |
21AUG08 The first hole |
21AUG08: Dave Morrison admiring the hole |
21AUG08: End of the first day's digging |
22AUG08: Starting to bench down |
22AUG08: ... and down ... |
22AUG08: (Taken at the same time as the aerial photograph) |
22AUG08: Dave Speed, Jim Young and Dave Morrison all looking happy |
 22AUG08: Jim Young, Dave Speed, Alice Audsley, Rachel Clarke, Millie Dog, Penny Wiseman, Jane Clarke & Dave Morrison. |
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23AUG08: Dave Morrison and Mark Crook in pensive mood. |
23AUG08: Tim Large and Glenys watching Mark Crook |
23AUG08: Dave Speed checking out the rock wall |
23AUG08: The first ring in position near the north wall of the pit |
24AUG08: Pipes in the pit |
24AUG08: Pipes against the north wall of the pit |
24AUG08: Mark Crooke and Mike Gibbons backfilling the pit |
24AUG08: End of the day, Dave Speed, Jim Young and Dave Morrison by the shaft |
 25AUG08: Jim Young, Mike Gibbons, Ed Speed and Dave Speed by the shaft. |
25AUG08: Mark Crook joins Dave & Ed Speed, Mike Gibbons and Jim Young at the shaft |
 25AUG08: A view from the other side of the depression © Duncan Price |
25AUG08: The end of the excavation, 1134 Hrs GMT. |
 18SEP08: Ground re-seeded and an ornamental pond installed |
 25SEP08: Alice Audsley digging a hole for a straining post |
26SEP08: Ring-fencing of the site completed. |
 16OCT08: Jig for welding fixed steel ladder. |
 21OCT08: Making up a light-weight ladder belay. |
12NOV08: Scaffolding stile, tripod and rude hut in position in time for the 'RatFest'. |
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Created: 25 November 2008
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