A few weeks ago I was copied as an addressee on an email about some work that was being done in Alton's Public Gardens, to connect the...

Once again the end of another dig, with lots to do today and not all that many people to do it. I'm always suspicious that people avoid...

I cannot really say very much about Saturday at Stroud because I wasn't there so I have pinched some photos from other people from our...

At this stage in the dig I was beginning to wonder why I had not suggested to Juliet that we have a 1-day break in the middle; 9 days...

Having split the seat of my Rohan trousers at the end of Day 4, I sewed them up again when I got home and then sent a tongue-in-cheek...

Well, it was good news and bad news for me today. The good news was that I found my precious and expensive Japanese thermos flask I...

It was a bright start to the morning and we were able to have the initial briefing in the open instead of sheltering from the drizzle...

Preparation Starting in 2016 we have carried out an annual village 'Big Dig' at Stroud near Petersfield, at the request of the villagers,...

I was a bit later than usual arriving on site on Saturday (because I get my wife breakfast in bed at weekends) and had managed to...

We have had two days of glorious weather on 17 and 18 May as we come towards the end of our Colemore spring dig and the conditions have...

Something a bit different - an overview by drone of the Colemore dig site at lunchtime today.

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...

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,...

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...

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...

I arrived early on site on Monday to refill the petrol containers, only to discover that the temperature difference was so great from...

This is something of an experiment; I hope it works. I set up a 360-degree camera (that has two fish-eye lenses facing in opposite...

It is that time of year that so many of our members look forward to - the start of the month-long dig at the Romano-British villa site...

It has been a hectic 4 weeks at Colemore, working on our second annual exploration of this Romano-British site. I am really grateful to...

This dig started off the way every dig should - fine weather again, several new members as well as lots of regulars, slick admin and a...