CM418 - a guided tour of the site
Something a bit different - an overview by drone of the Colemore dig site at lunchtime today.
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David Quick
May 16, 20185 min read
CM418 - 12-14 May progress
Today is our weekly day off and my chance to catch up on downloading photos from my camera and drone, as well as update this blog. I...
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David Quick
May 11, 20184 min read
CM 418 - Young visitors and digging deep
We are getting to that mid-stage of the Dig where the finds are coming thick and fast, some of the trenches are getting very deep,...
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David Quick
May 7, 20184 min read
CM418 - Sunshine and heat
So far this week I have been on site on 5 and 7 May, and what a difference a few days has made with the weather. Only a few days ago we...
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David Quick
May 4, 20183 min read
CM 418 - Sunshine and lots of progress
We are well into the Spring dig at Colemore now and after some appalling weather at the beginning of this week that caused us to cancel...
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David Quick
Apr 24, 20183 min read
CM418 - 23 April (St George's Day)
I arrived early on site on Monday to refill the petrol containers, only to discover that the temperature difference was so great from...
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David Quick
Sep 23, 20172 min read
The area of focus of CM917
This post is just to explain what we are focusing on during this CM917 autumn dig. The above image is taken from our geographical...
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David Quick
Sep 23, 20171 min read
Colemore dig CM917 Day 1- some photos
Here are some photos taken by Arthur Mills on the first day of our autumn dig at our regular Colemore site:
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David Quick
Sep 22, 20172 min read
CM917 - Set-up Day
After yesterday's heavy rain, today's weather could hardly be a greater contrast. The sun was out and there was a drying wind. Some of...
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David Quick
Sep 21, 20171 min read
The autumn dig at Colemore
It is that time of year again where I dust off my wellies, pack the car with equipment and head off down the narrow country lanes to our...
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David Quick
May 20, 20172 min read
CM517 - sunshine and barbecue
What a delight it was this morning, arriving on site in brilliant sunshine after yesterday's miserable weather. As I was filling up the...
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David Quick
May 19, 20173 min read
CM517 - thunder & lightning
It all started off quite well; the weather was quite sunny, the finds were almost all up to date, Carl kindly reminded me that I had left...
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David Quick
May 17, 20172 min read
CM517 Day 17 - rain stopped play
Although it was quite bright when we arrived on site this morning, we knew the forecast was fairly dire. There was not too much water in...
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David Quick
May 13, 20173 min read
CM517 - a hectic couple of days
I think David Pink is off sick at the moment so yesterday and today have been enjoyably busy. Yesterday we had two school visits - one...
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David Quick
May 11, 20172 min read
CM 517 Day 12 - Showers and Sparsholt
I wasn't supposed to be on site today but called by after lunch with some updated membership lists and drone photos of the trench for...
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David Quick
May 11, 20171 min read
CM517 Day 11 and it was scorching
Back at the Trench after our Tuesday rest day and the weather was wonderful, positively scorching. It was also fairly hectic. First,...
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David Quick
May 6, 20173 min read
CM517 Days 7 & 8 - and it is starting to get interesting
Arriving on site at 0830 on Friday morning it was not exactly cold but you certainly felt the effects of the strong breeze blowing across...
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David Quick
May 3, 20171 min read
CM517 - a cold and rainy Day 5
Today we had a smaller team on site but what we lacked in numbers we made up for in productivity. From the outset it was quite a chilly...
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David Quick
May 1, 20172 min read
CM517 Day 4 - May Day
I was not on site yesterday, so no photos I'm afraid. However, Juliet had been approached by one of the nearby homeowners and asked...
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David Quick
Apr 29, 20171 min read
Colemore Spring Dig - Day 2
The weather was again kind to us today and with a big team we started by cutting and piling the turf lifted by the mini-digger yesterday....
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