Monthly Archives: July 2011

Open Day 1

Saturday 23rd July was our first Open Day of the season – and, thankfully, after a week of showers, torrential rain and a chill wind, the sun came out – and welcomed a host of visitors. I enjoy our Open … Continue reading

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Dig4MS

On Saturday 16th July we held an archaeology day on site for those with MS and their families and friends. Sadly the weather was not kind – we could not dig on site and it was cold and blustery. Nonetheless … Continue reading

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And Thursday was….

……the Anne Diamond Show! Listen again on:   http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p00hx3td/Anne_Diamond_21_07_2011/   This programme has been several weeks in the making…a visit from John Hudson, Producer of the Ann Diamond Show 3 weeks ago…..they ARE interested in the archaeology, of course they … Continue reading

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Wednesday is BBC day!

Today I arrived on site at 7.30am in order to meet and greet the cherrypicker ordered by the BBC for a day’s filming with the excavation for Digging for Britain with Alice Roberts. Great excitement all round…..best bibs and tuckers … Continue reading

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Week 3: wet

What do we do when it rains at Silchester? It is an enormous challenge to my organisational skills…what DO we do with 150 plus people head to toe in waterproofs…all looking for something useful to do. The first challenge is … Continue reading

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Silchester’s monsoon season

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 … Continue reading

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The archaeology!

I realise that I have so far said very little about this season’s archaeological aims. Partly this is because the archaeology has been progressing very nicely in the background behind all of the immediate day to day concerns which make … Continue reading

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Monday, Week 2

157 people on site today….are we near the ‘Tipping Point’? I gather all newcomers in the Marquee for an introductory talk, Diet Coke in hand and 3 black coffees already downed! We spend half an hour talking about site rules … Continue reading

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Weekend No. 1

We have been digging for 5 days; the weather has been mixed but fairly good. Progress on site has been steady. I think everyone is settling in now. I like to see how people who arrived just under a week … Continue reading

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Catch up

I am a week behind with blogging…but Twitter keeps up! This is turning out to be a ferociously busy season…not sure why more so than past seasons…But evenings of e-mails leave little time for the update of the day gone. … Continue reading

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