Finally, we have found
a local source of working WiFi. So this blog is brought to you
courtesy of the Inn at Ravenglass.
As
it was only the first week of digging, the main thing happening was
opening up all three of the trenches again and carefully cleaning
them up, so we could see where we left the contexts at the end of the
dig in September 2013.
Trench
1, with trenches 2 & 3 in the distance
There
is also a mysterious fourth trench ... This will be used for Outreach
activities particularly on school visits, but also on our Open Days
on Friday 12th
September, Saturday 13th
September and 27th
September, so that visitors can have a go at digging
Meanwhile,
at the compound we were settling into a new routine of putting up
two gazebos each morning, and then taking them down again at the end
of the day. One gazebo is the Lake District's, where the Outreach Team, led
by Holly & Kim, are welcoming visitors, giving them more
information about the site, as well as taking people on tours. Ably
backing them up are Ravenglass regulars Brian & Leo. The other
blue canopied gazebo, which will always be behind the the first, is
for our finds washers. If you do a session there, expect to be part
of the visitor experience too!
Lake
District gazebo and finds washing gazebo
Although
we have many diggers from the local community returning this year,
there are plenty of new faces too. But everyone, on their first day,
has to have an introductory talk, including background about the
site, health and safety, housekeeping, and so on.
Director
Kurt takes roll call
The
weather is being very kind to us so far this year, so the Finds Hut
team (Janice, Rosalie and Sandra) are starting to bag up properly dry
finds and happily contemplating even marking some of the pottery –
no marking happened at all last year.
WiFi
willing, there will be another site report on Wednesday, when we're
back from our 'weekend.'
