Monthly Archives: August 2010

It’s Bank Holiday Monday and after a bit of a dreary start, the sun comes out and all is well with the world. The public descend on us in droves with more than 330 visitors recorded as entering the marquee. … Continue reading →

Determined to rise above the ignominy of being overshadowed by a massive goldfish on Saturday, the team set to work again in the hope of pushing back the frontiers of knowledge. We are now through much of the late Roman … Continue reading →

It’s a sunny day and all is thus well with the world. We get a big spread in the EDP, taking up most of pages 2 and 3 so we should get some visitors this weekend. The director rubs his … Continue reading →

It rains all night with the result that our new super finds container gets stuck in the entrance to the field when A Plant try to deliver it. More precisely the lorry gets stuck and has to unload our container … Continue reading →

As Led Zeppelin so prophetically sang, “If it keeps on raining, levee’s gonna break”. However, Robert, Jimmy, Bonzo and the other one failed to mention the other downsides of rain, which is that your diggers get really miserable and your … Continue reading →

The day starts early when the good Jon Cook of South Norfolk Council delivers a trailer of bark to stop cars sinking into the gathering quagmire in the entrance to the site. The camping party, plus Giles who has made … Continue reading →

Will this accursed wind never stop? The director is sufficiently concerned about his tent to rush off to B & Q (other DIY shops with really annoying self-service check-outs are available) to buy some extra heavy straps to tie it … Continue reading →

Ok, first off a correction to the previous entry. When I said “a horse bridal ring” had been found, what I meant was “a horse bridle ring”, lest anyone thinks that marriage to (or between) horses was normal practice in … Continue reading →

Hoorah. It’s officially the first day of the excavation, although the title Day 5 may suggest that this is not the case. A fresh faced crew of volunteers and students appear, ready to push back the frontiers of knowledge and … Continue reading →

Dave and Fred continue their Herculean task of painting out the streets. Fred had to pop off for a few hours in the afternoon so Dave seized his opportunity to run amok with the line-marker. We could see him on … Continue reading →