but my worry is that all their previous 'jobs' have resulted in a locked /gated level, this cannot be allowed to happen.
CATMHS generally does what the landowner asks for.
Chris.
All their previous 'jobs' ? In any case as Chris says - most of their digs have been on land where the landowner has insisted on a gate. No gate - no dig. In my experience most of the gates they have put on only require a spanner to open. Look at Ding-Dong for example.
Their last big effort at Coniston was the amazing 'job' they did on Hospital Level. Completely rebuilt a long length of the level which had fallen in. No gate on that! I don't think their extensive digs around Simon's Nick are gated either.
I'm not a member of CATMHS btw.
The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of time.
Henry David Thoreau