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Sunday, day of rest

My staff are the best. Waiting for me on my desk this morning: my weakness discovered and acted on by Matt, Nick, Dan, Hen, Jeni, Sarah and Su. It made a slightly jaded Site Director very happy: 2 giant sacks … Continue reading

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The Last First Open Day: Saturday 26th July

A mass of images for this day! Most prominent was the blue blue sky and the constant stream of the friendliest of visitors from 9.30am to 5pm. It was a great day. I always worry in advance. The nerves of … Continue reading

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Tears, tours and saucepan pots: Thursday, Week 3

Another beautiful, unbelievably blue sky day. It started with the usual changes to our published programme: one lecture cancelled, 2 people not feeling well so unable to carry out their rota duties, change of time for 2 lectures, a malfunctioning … Continue reading

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Helium Wednesday: high jinx on site

Another beautiful day…what IS going on here??? This is Britain, remember? Endless, bright blue sunny days with high clouds and a hint of a breeze just don’t usually happen to us! But it is happening….3 weeks in and the sun … Continue reading

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Tuesday, Week 3

Mark Houshold is with us! Mark flies a kite soaring up over the archaeology and takes fabulous pictures. I sent him and Jon off today to buy helium (not a sentence I use often in my daily life…) for Marks’ … Continue reading

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Monday, Week 3

Time is creeping by…a few images of what was one of my busiest days! 46 new people inducted to the archaeology and our fullest week so far!

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Super Sunday!

Today was a very surreal day in the life of the Silchester ‘Town Life’ project……we began with an official opening of the Silchester Excavation Centre…red ribbon, scissors, champagne and all! Mike cut the ribbon and gave a short speech of … Continue reading

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Saturday: day of slog, sunshine and visitors

We started today with an exam in the marquee! All assessed students sweated over a paper designed to squeeze out of them every last ounce of knowledge they have gained during their 2 weeks on site…. Many visitors today, past … Continue reading

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Thundering Thursday

Okay….today it was hot! And we did finish early on site….with Mike’s blessing…..quite a few cases of heat stroke! But morale remains good, and boy, you should see our tans! Dr. Hella Eckardt from the Department of Archaeology at Reading … Continue reading

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Woeful Wednesday

Ok – this was my dilemma. The forecast screamed HIGH temperatures, heat stroke warnings…..do I believe the forecasters and change the working hours? Or….or…? So, I decided to put my trust in the great British weather team….and announced a longer … Continue reading

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