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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,...
David Quick
May 11, 20171 min read
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CM517 Day 9 and the sun comes out
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. ...
David Quick
May 7, 20171 min read
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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...
David Quick
May 6, 20173 min read
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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...
David Quick
May 3, 20171 min read
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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...
David Quick
May 1, 20172 min read
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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....
David Quick
Apr 29, 20171 min read
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Colemore Spring Dig - Set-up Day
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...
David Quick
Apr 28, 20171 min read
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Colemore updates - 2015 & 2016
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...
David Quick
Apr 1, 20175 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 5
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...
David Quick
Jul 30, 20163 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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Stroud village Big Dig - Day 2
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...
David Quick
Jul 23, 20162 min read
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Stroud village Big Dig - Day 1
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...
David Quick
Jul 22, 20162 min read
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