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Stroud Big Dig days 8 & 9
The last two days of the Big Dig were the best of the three weeks. In the final location where we were working at the end we came across...
David Quick
Jul 30, 20171 min read
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Stroud Big Dig Day 7 - some results at last!
To be honest last weekend was a bit depressing, partly because the weather was so wet and horrible, and partly because we found so little....
David Quick
Jul 28, 20173 min read
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Stroud Big Dig - Day 6, and more rain
Yesterday we had finished at SBF but had left our tools under cover there when we were caught in the cloudburst and had to finish early. ...
David Quick
Jul 23, 20172 min read
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Stroud Big Dig day 5 - rain stopped play
The day started well after a night of pouring rain and when I arrived at New Buildings Farm I saw that the harvest had been started in...
David Quick
Jul 22, 20173 min read
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Day 4 - Stroud 'Big Dig' 2017
Today was the start of the second 3-day session of this year's dig at Stroud, and there was a reasonable turnout of members to take part...
David Quick
Jul 21, 20174 min read
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Day 2 of the Stroud Big Dig 2017
Today was a day of mixed fortunes really. There were only 7 of us on site and I was really grateful to those who turned up, two of whom...
David Quick
Jul 15, 20173 min read
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Day 1 - Stroud 'Big Dig' 2017
I know; the name 'Big Dig' is a bit of a misnomer at the moment because this first weekend in Stroud is all about geophysics. And it...
David Quick
Jul 14, 20173 min read
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David Quick
Aug 1, 20160 min read
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Stroud 'Big Dig' - the final day (for this year)
Phew! Arrived home at 7pm after helping to return all our equipment to the store in Liss, threw all my sweaty clothes in the washing...
David Quick
Aug 1, 20162 min read
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Stroud 'Big Dig' Day 5 - Arthur's daily photos
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....
David Quick
Jul 31, 20161 min read
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Stroud village Big Dig - Day 4
Those four days off between dig sessions seemed to go very quickly and, having arrived home at 2.00 a.m. from a trip to Nottinghamshire,...
David Quick
Jul 29, 20164 min read
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Stroud village 'Big Dig' Day 3 - the half-way point
Our thanks to everyone reading about the Big Dig. The number of visitors to our website has gone up tenfold over the last 3 days. This...
David Quick
Jul 24, 20162 min read
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