Day 2 - by Menna & Josie

It is the second day of the excavation and we have yet to completely get through the back fill from the excavation of the previous year, yet we have still uncovered some exciting finds and features, which we are hoping to fully explore next week. 

So far, our favourite find is a current penny which has made us one whole pence richer than we were yesterday, I suppose the musket balls and animal bones we uncovered were pretty cool too.

We are still suffering from the looming threat of the park's squirrels but hope to befriend the little blackbird that frequently visits our humble trench. While locals show an interest in engaging with the archaeology, their dogs seem much more enthusiastic to help us dig and uncover bones, for which we are grateful.

The one thing we learnt today is that sometimes not even factor 100 sun cream is strong enough to protect our delicate shoulders from the unforgiving sun (Thank you Emma for lending us this sun cream yet it was not strong enough).

Signing off, Menna-Moo & Jogie.

P.S. our favourite part of the day was when we received a visit from our local digger that aided a stuck lorry (but unfortunately would not help us with our trench).

Our humble trench