Monthly Archives: July 2013

On a glorious sunny day I gathered all of my staff in the University of Reading for a day of talks……Mike talked Archaeology, I talked Archaeologists. We looked back and we looked ahead. I think it was a good day … Continue reading →

What did we do? We connected the cookers and cleaned the ‘fridges. We continued to populate the kabins. I spent all of 5 minutes trying to work out how to fit both Nick and myself into a compartment the size … Continue reading →

During this week – IT DID NOT RAIN! What did we do? We populated our kabins with furniture. We collected the archaeological records from our university offices. We brought in the Finds, the computers and the cameras. We actually had … Continue reading →

Today Alan our long suffering and long serving lorry driver returned to us! Together with Jon and some very willing helpers, he emptied our equipment barns of, well, equipment! We had a wonderful lunch – pate and french sticks…but it … Continue reading →

Brian meets Insula III!Now we know the level we need to reach before hitting sensitive archaeology, Brian is brought in with his JCB….We continue to work on the test pits while Jim watches and guides the machine. In addition to … Continue reading →

      IT IS NOT RAINING. Today is Brian’s day. Brian is our JCB driver – he arrives with a 10 ton dumper which needs a driver. Jim, Jon and Nick fight over it, I watch and take pictures. … Continue reading →

  IT IS NOT RAINING! Another successful day on site: by the end of today all of our kabins are in place. We have 6 loos – much welcomed – and our water is connected and tested courtesy of Site … Continue reading →

Day 1 of Set-Up Week and I am awake early enough to hear Radio 4’s ‘Tweet of the Day’ as I head out to site. The droveway through the heart of the Roman town has been re-surfaced and now it … Continue reading →