Exploring Alton's Public Gardens
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...
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David Quick
- Aug 19, 2018
- 4 min
Stroud 2018 - the final day
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...
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David Quick
- Aug 19, 2018
- 3 min
Stroud (Day 8) and Alton Archaeology Day
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...
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David Quick
- Aug 17, 2018
- 3 min
Stroud Dig, Day 7
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...
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David Quick
- Aug 16, 2018
- 6 min
Stroud Dig, Days 5 and 6
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...
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David Quick
- Aug 14, 2018
- 3 min
Stroud dig Day 4
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...
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David Quick
- Aug 13, 2018
- 2 min
Day 3 of STR818 at Stroud
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...
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David Quick
- Aug 12, 2018
- 5 min
Our annual dig at Stroud
Preparation Starting in 2016 we have carried out an annual village 'Big Dig' at Stroud near Petersfield, at the request of the villagers,...
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David Quick
- May 19, 2018
- 5 min
CM418 - Nearly finished, and afternoon tea
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...
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David Quick
- May 18, 2018
- 4 min
CM418 - nearly the end
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...
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David Quick
- May 17, 2018
- 1 min
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, 2018
- 5 min
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, 2018
- 4 min
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, 2018
- 4 min
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, 2018
- 3 min
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, 2018
- 3 min
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
- Apr 24, 2018
- 1 min
CM418: Trench V - starting work
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...
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David Quick
- Apr 20, 2018
- 3 min
Spring is here - time for the Colemore Spring Dig
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...
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David Quick
- Oct 19, 2017
- 5 min
The Autumn Colemore dig - how did it go?
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...
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David Quick
- Sep 29, 2017
- 1 min
CM917 - the first weekend
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...
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