21/01/2026 - Templeton South - More railway videos!

 21/01/2026 - Evening, Alex Randall, Hill Twins, Trevor Hughes  2.5 hrs

Productive session, with all spoil being hauled from the bottom to the 166' level by the team while AR drilled and set up the next round. After this AR cleared the loose rock that had accumulated in the rift below the railway, which posed a small safety hazard. There's still a bit more of this to do.

Also hauled up were all the plastic buckets, which don't play nicely with the railway so will be returned to surface for storage.

With all spoil moved up a loud noise was then made, before the team made their way to various pubs for refreshment.

Oli also got the follow videos of the railway in action:



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