Further Progress at The Flyunder

27-29 January, the second digging trip prior to the ‘discovery’ of the Flyunder Passage, a possible key to passing the choke at the end of Eastern Flyover.

Friday night; Gonzo, Andy and 3 Daren virgins, Matt, Mandy & Niall from the Cerberus entered the cave.

A leisurely start on the Saturday (life is always leisurely at the HRC) before heading off for the 3/4 hour journey to the dig. Light the candles to heat the kettle, let digging commence. Digging in a half hour shift pattern, we dug constantly for around 6 1/2 hours. Occasionally slow if a rock is in the way, sometimes digging in a cloud of dust as you plough through the sand faster than number two can fill the skip, always following open air space with a tantalising view of a few inches of open airspace. I was lucky to have a half hour of dry sand with an ever-increasing airspace before the passage was high enough to be able to peer over the brow to around 2m of open, descending passage to an open archway, albeit only body-sized.