Week 3…..a week of unsettled weather conditions coinciding with our busiest week of visits so far….Sunday 17th I organised a farewell drink for Chris Ball…my longest serving Supervisor on site. Chris has been with the project since we began in 1997, and has been one of my Supervisors for many digging seasons past. She has trained countless Reading students – and others! – in the mysteries of field archaeology…and has seen her northern area of the site all the way down from late Roman gravels to…late Iron Age gravels…We toasted Chris’ health in pink Cava, outside HQ, with flowers and a card…and then….
2pm....and the heavens open......
The rain bounced off the excavation as though on small trampolines, and we all ran for cover, spilling Cava as we went…
The view from HQ....
And so the day ended on a very soggy note…
Note empty bottles in the centre of the shot.....
I felt a little sorry for the 42 new arrivals. Setting your tent up in monsoon conditions takes guts, determination and the ability to think very very positively! Week 3 is underway!