Sunshine and warmth. I find this disorienting. My first decade of volunteering at Vindolanda I carried the same small vial of sun screen back and forth every year, never using it up.
A delightful day of work. But of course, responsibilities first. Just across the way from our excavation is the spot where a child murder victim was found. The deed was done in Roman times, and I missed making the grim find by a couple of weeks and by one room over. Every year I leave a few flowers at the spot.
We are working the later Roman and into the Post Roman era. A mystery on site is this:
That curved section at the front. Romans, as befits a civilization who had mastered engineering, liked to build everything with right angles. The exceptions are few, and which one this is is an enigma. Having uncovered the big paving blocks that the visitor is standing on I can say that I've been wondering about this anomaly since 2010 or so......
A warm day's work. My friend Pete has already started snapping odd photos of me. I shall of course reciprocate/retaliate. Soon, Pete. Very soon...
Various bits of "manky" late pottery turning up, otherwise not much. It was a long day's work. Then a long walk to the pub where I reside. Rarely do I need a pint before taking on the stairs, but today was such a day. Contemplating the interesting patterns of foam on glass in the wilds of Northumbria.........
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