The Rolls passed the clump of tough, wiry growth that masked the sloping entry into a gully.

The quarry is home to Cromhall Diving Centre which is an ideal site for trainees as there is a sloping entry (former road) and a pontoon.

The sunlight coming in through the entrance lit the soft dirt floor of the sloping entry corridor, which had acquired an accumulation of footprints of all sizes, both bare and in footwear.

The doors opened at 10 p.m. sharp, and a thick column of men and the odd female friend here and there advanced up the sloping entry hall, checked their coats and dispersed on the dance floor.