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The sunny weather this weekend promised good caving but the rainfall during the week meant that sump conditions were likely to be poor. To improve our chances Andrew and I waited until Sunday for our digging trip into BoB in DYO. We were not disappointed, the dive conditions lived down to our expectations although on the up side the water was warmer than winter.
We found the same rock that we had previously used to measure the height of the water and since it worked last time we decided to use it again.
At the dig face Andrew made quick progress with the sand and silt layers. Unfortunately it soon became apparent that with only one person to move the spoil progress was going to be slow however fast he dug. Work at the dig face was abandoned in favour of cutting a channel through some of the mud banks that make moving the spoil hard work. Good progress was make in between checking the rock.
Whilst digging the face a draft was felt through the tunnel leading to the dig so prospects for future trips look good. If we can get another person in to help progress should be good.
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Colin, filed under 
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10 Responses to “BoB(ing) along”
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You need more light dude – that picture of the pigs hard does them justice!
Pete and Sloth were just discussing at the weekend how they were glad they didn’t have to bother with cave diving. Maybe you should work on them a bit to try to make them change their mind. I bet if there was tea and cake at the end the dive they might be up for it…?
I take it that you and Fiona have found a high return insurance policy
Wow, a real picture of Colin! This sounds like a definite ‘glasses off’ trip
For everybody else…
May well be a picture of Colin, but we still haven’t seen Colin and Andy together in the same photo!
Which makes one wonder whether the photos of Andy are actually Colin in disguise
Or perhaps Colin is Andy in disguise, and we’ve been duped?
Who knows? It’s so difficult to tell with all the picture modifications that go on
are guinea pigs troglodytes?