David QuickMay 3, 20171 minCM517 - a cold and rainy Day 5Today 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 QuickMay 1, 20172 minCM517 Day 4 - May DayI was not on site yesterday, so no photos I'm afraid. However, Juliet had been approached by one of the nearby homeowners and asked wheth...
David QuickApr 29, 20171 minColemore Spring Dig - Day 2The 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 QuickApr 28, 20171 minColemore Spring Dig - Set-up DayThanks to everyone who turned out today to help with setting up the site for our month-long Spring Dig at Colemore. Because of the numbe...
David QuickApr 1, 20175 minColemore updates - 2015 & 2016Colemore Update 2015 In 2015 a deep feature was excavated to the east of the building, where a test pit had indicated a deep, dark deposi...
David QuickAug 1, 20162 minStroud '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 mac...
David QuickJul 30, 20163 minStroud village Big Dig - Day 5What 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 QuickJul 29, 20164 minStroud village Big Dig - Day 4Those 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 QuickJul 24, 20162 minStroud village 'Big Dig' Day 3 - the half-way pointOur 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 QuickJul 23, 20162 minStroud village Big Dig - Day 2Sitting 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 QuickJul 22, 20162 minStroud village Big Dig - Day 1Well, I thought Day 1 at Stroud could hardly have gone better. The weather was kind to us, the residents could scarcely have been more he...
David QuickJul 22, 20162 minStroud village Big Dig - Day 1Well, I thought Day 1 at Stroud could hardly have gone better. The weather was kind to us, the residents could scarcely have been more he...