Back at the Trench after our Tuesday rest day and the weather was wonderful, positively scorching. It was also fairly hectic. First,...

We had far fewer volunteers digging on Sunday but the weather gradually became better as the day went on and the finds were better too. ...

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...

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...

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...

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....

Thanks to everyone who turned out today to help with setting up the site for our month-long Spring Dig at Colemore. Because of the...

Colemore Update 2015 In 2015 a deep feature was excavated to the east of the building, where a test pit had indicated a deep, dark...

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...

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....

What a hectic day today! Posting this blog late tonight because I was late home from the Stroud Revels. A good start this morning, with a...

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,...

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...

Sitting down this evening, I realise just how much has been achieved today and how much I am enjoying project-managing this Big Dig. We...

Well, I thought Day 1 at Stroud could hardly have gone better. The weather was kind to us, the residents could scarcely have been more...