Joining me today are 4 newbies: Joyce and Gerry Saunders, Anne Clark and John Stubbins. It's CADAS day at the Stratford Dig and they're all raring to go.
Emma gave them the usual health and Safety check and then showed them round the garden to explain what's what.
Me...I spent all day in the sieving tent. Now I know I've lost the plot, especially as we were inundated with willing volunteers, but as it's not my day and I wanted the newbies to experience all that goes on, I just thought it best. Kind hearted soul that I am. Anyway, the kids were sieving barrows so fast it was difficult to get them filled up again.
What was nice for me was meeting volunteers on other days. By just doing 1 day a week, you tend to feel a little isolated and in your own "Sunday" world. As we say when we rock up on a Sunday, "the archaeology fairies have been in again"!
Best find for me was a large piece of tudor pot with internal glaze and a very blackened exterior.
So piccies.......
Just an up-to-date piccie of trench A. Looks a bit different from when I started.
The flowers in the knot garden are looking gorgeous. The apples are ripening on the trees and the mulberries are just disappearing as fast as people can eat them!!!
Proof of newbies at work...and I didn't coin this phrase...they did but last of the summer wine eat your heart out!!
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