Fernhill Cave
The day before the start of work
The site of the buried bedding-plane
The start of digging
(05Apr-08)
Checking old photographs
Uncovering the bedding-plane
Fish and Chips
Excavating a pit to reach the bedding-plane
Installing the pipes
Excavation backfilled
A general view of the spoil heap
Rich, Katie, Hannah, Dave and Alan by the shaft
(16-Apr-08)
The MK I Fernhill Truck
Sunlight in the shaft 12:44 GMT, 19-May-08
Collapse 29-May-08
Collapse 29-May-08
The ACME Miracle drill jig
The drilling jig in position
(01-Jul-08)
Acupuncture to cure the collapse (14-Jul-08)
The Bald Truth! Clive, Rich and Duncan
Tony, adjusting a prop.
(16-Jul-08)
Tony, installing lagging.
(16-Jul-08)
Rich, wall building in the recovered section.
(21-Jul-08)
Lunch at the shaft. Alan, Rich, Clive and Jrat
(21-Jul-08)
Steel pins with lagging above. Alan at the base of the rings.
(06-Aug-08)
Fairy Cave Quarry
Flooding Wednesday 9th July 2008 - photographs by Alan Gray
The entrance to Withyhill Cave
Lake at the SW corner of the quarry
Lake at the SW corner of the quarry
The Withybrook stream
The intrepid few: Mandy & Matt, Geoff, Duncan and Dave.