Firing a difficult kiln @ Tel Hai

Gunn Marit says every year's the same- the first few gas firings are full of bowls the students make for the Symposium next week,so no higher shelves to help circulation- plus a new,less experienced crop of students loading and firing. We appear to be stuck (or soaking,optimistically ) at 1220 degrees, with cone seven just going. If we get that to drop, we should be ok .