Last Day

Well, I finished my last day on site today. It was good and I got a brilliant skeleton to finish on, it had hands and feet that werent articulated. It meant I had to think a tiny bit more to work out which phalanges went with what but thankfully I did not have to get feet and hand ones confused! I spent most of the day on this skeleton as otherwise I would be bored as there wasn't much else for me to do as they were preparing the rest of the site after the next level had been exposed. This meant they were cleaning it, photographing it and drawing the graves on the plans.
For tea break I bought pastries for everyone to share and the student was also leaving today so he brought in cake as well so it was a rather unhealthy break! It was still a good laugh. At lunch Daniel (DD) came on to site as 4 were leaving overall today (although 2 celebrated yesterday) to say goodbye and got us all little gives. I got a keyring which had the Belgisch flag on one side and on the other side it had mechelen with a picture of the tower on it. I was told it was to remember them all by and I mustn't forget them! When I left site at 4 this evening they were all still working as for halloween there will be ghost stories told on site under a tent with a real skeleton in a grave. It would be so cool to see but a) I wouldn't understand it as it would be in Vlaams and b) I will be back in England.
Tonight, I went out for a meal with the people I have been staying with. It was to celebrate Rob's birthday and they also wished me a safe journey home when I go on Sunday. It was a fun and relaxed evening. The waiter we had (the family know him, as you get to know everyone out here) could only speak Italian and French (we went to an Italian resturant) so it did mean I could practice my french.

Waffel Counter: Today:0 Total: 19

Final week on site day 3

Today was much warmer on site, although I am still in loads of layers!!! The buses today were reasonably on time which meant I was at site by 8:15!!!! I finished my skeleton off this morning and cleaned out the bottom of the grave. There was great excitement amongst the archaeologists on site as I had reached the natural soil. This showed that the end is coming. They have been on this site since 3/11/09!!! I then moved onto another grave which only contained a skull but I another grave cutting through it but could not excavate it as there is still more soil covering the outline. I started to clear more but it carries on for ages so I was moved to another area so I could find an actual skeleton! The new area I chose was pointless as all I was doing was trowelling through loose soil so I moved to another. This one did contain a skeleon...well more like 5 bones of a skeleton which was mushed up again but the coffin outline could be seen above the natural soil :D :D
Because it was Ben (a paid archaeologist on site) last day, we finished early so we could all say proper good byes. This meant I had to leave my skeleton in the ground until tomorrow.
You will be pleased to know I did not have a waffel today! However, because it was Ben's last day he brought in pastries which were yummy and was Sabbah's last full day he brought in a fruit tart for us all to share. So tea break today was filled with cakes. At lunch I got tomato and vegetable soup (I think, that was the translation!) and then we had chocolate and sweets as well.
Kevin is also leaving tomorrow midday (from what I can gather) so all 3 got chocolates and champagne which then Kevin had to open at the end of the day and everyone had to have a bit. It tasted good, but was strange drinking it out of a plastic cup on an archaeological site, but hey this is Beglium. Due to the amount of us there was, we all had about a mouth full each.

Waffel Count: Today:0 Total:19

Final week on site day 2

Today I made it through another day at work :D. I was sniffing and coughing my way through it. It was cold to start with but I had to finish finding the bottom of the grave I was working on. I then had to find another skeleton within the area I was working in which was under black smudges of organic dirt. This was one was as nicely preserved as the other I gave it 4/4 so badly preserved. It took me awhile to find it. I found a skull which looked like it didn't belong with it and when I found the rest of the grave I realised it was. Oh well, these things happen and it just wasnt included in the photograph. The feet should be interesting to lift as they have turned into mush, pretty much the same as the rest of the skeleton. Tomorrow this skeleton will be lifted then I will take levels and then move on to another in this area. I can see a few graves but they are all cutting each other which makes it even more to excavate.

Waffel Count: Today: 1 Total: 19

Final week on site

Today I started my last week on site. I missed Monday as I came down with a sore throat which seems to have gone around the site. Because I missed yesterday someone else finished my skeleton etc off so I got to start a brand new one. This one had all the bones of the hands but only a few foot bones! I then started looking at the grave that cuts through the one I did this morning. I couldn't find the grave that cuts through but I found another one, but so far only got one side so will have to see what happens.
We also had Knak back on site too and as I am the only international left on site now so that caused a bit of a stir. Don't think it will make front page news though. They were asking why I was excavating in Mechelen when England is a much bigger country so we should have sites there.
Waffel Count: Today: 2 (needed to keep warm) Total: 18

Video about Belgium

I was shown this by a Belgisch. Its funny but oh so very true!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ceg6NQKHd70

Gent Photos

Photos of Gent

Gent from top of the Castle

The castle entrance

The waterhuis come bierhuis!

The stadhuis

Antwerpen

Today I went to Antwerpen (Antwerp in Engles!). There were showers but the weather was much nicer today compared to yesterday in Gent. The train station was huge, it was on about 4 different levels

(Plan of the station!)

I walked down to the water and looked at the Steen (castle in Engels!) I walked up the ramp but could not go in as the museum was closed.

(The Steen)

I also looked around the cathedral and was surprised that it had a complete spire because most aren't over here or thats the impression I get. The cathedral was lovely and massive with lots of little chapels inside for the different guilds which were formed after the spanish reign or something. I did loose the plot during the audio tour, just like what is happening with the government now out here or lack of it! I then walked around the historisch centrum and the grot market. I have to say that I prefer Antwerpen as city over Gent but they are both very nice cities.
Waffel Counter: Today 1 Total: 16

Gent

Today I braved the Belgian trains and went to Gent on my own. When I got there it was pissing down with rain. However, I did not let that stop me exploring the stad. I got to the station and did the 2500m walk to the centre (in the rain) and found the tourist information. When I got there I asked for a plan of the city and the guy serving me also gave me a walking tour plan as well. I asked for the street plan in english but the guy wanted to give me the tour sheet in Spanish! Not sure why but I asked for it in English. I went to St Bavo's Cathedral and also into the castle. I followed the walking tour and saw lots of amazing sites. However, I did come back with soaking wet feet and had to change my socks! Hopefully shoes will be dry for tomorrow.
Tomorrow I am off to Antwerpen going by train again so should be interesting. I will put photos up of today and tomorrow at some point, possibly tomorrow!

Waffel Counter: Today: 1 Total: 15

Day 19 on site

Today was yet another cold day on site. This was also Susan's last day on site before she starts her mammoth journey back to Canada via Amsterdam and other places and using a variety of transport!! I finally got my second skeleton lifted out of the grave and did the paperwork to which I got it all right :D I am getting good at working out which my radius and ulna are! I then finally found the yellow of the natural sand. To prove it I took a photo of it!

(the lovely yellow of the natural sand!)

I then started on the skeleton that was cutting into my grave. As a result I only had one leg as the other was chopped off while my grave was being dug. To excavate this skeleton I had to sit in my grave to dig it out! That was a very surreal time!!!

(me sat in the grave to excavate the other!)

We also had Knak magazine come to site and take photos about what was happening there. Not sure if I am in any of the pictures but the guy spoke to me first in Flemish but when we told him I was english we had a nice conversation about archaeology there and back in England! Not only I'm I on tv I am in magazines too. Knak is an intellatual (not sure of spelling!) magazine not a gossip one!
Tomorrow I am off to do more site seeing of België and go to Gent, Sunday I am planning Antwerp.

Waffel Counter: Today:1 (it was cold and also had to get off of 13 waffels!) Total: 14

Days 17 and 18

Yesterday it was really wet. Thankfully I was put in a tent to excavate otherwise I would have had sand and soil everywhere! I started on the new area with the otehr volunteers and one of the workmen. I excavated 1 skeleton to be told to move onto another as the recording and photographs will be done at the same time. After lunch I got told by someone else to finish my first one as otherwise it will all get confusing! Same as archaeology back home I lifted my originally skeleton this morning after having my paperwork checked and I forgot to colour in my skull which is not excatly hard to miss! Because its a new level we have to bottom out the grave so the nice yellow of the sand can be seen at the bottom. Lovely I thought, as one of the graves were shallow I was hoping mine would be. How wrong I was! It was getting deeper and deeper whilst I was expecting to end up in China, another skeleton appeared. This one has got a skull :D, 2 femurs, 2 tibas, 2 fibulas and feet! This is my first complete skeleton ever and whats more I think its a child again there are lots of epiphyses to locate too! Oh what fun.
Today the weather was lovely and dry but bloody cold! Everyone was jumping around and finding away to keep warm. Most warmed up as the sun came into view but the part I am in is in shade all day long. We kept finding excuses to walk into the sun so we could warm back up before going back to work in the cold!
Waffel counter: Yesterday: 2 Today: 1 Total: 13

Day 16

Today the multiple burial was excavated, I excavated the 7th skeleton which was my 10th :D I worked with Susan (the canadian girl) on it. However, on the way to the site today it started to rain and by the time I got the paper work out it through it down. As a result I covered the form in a plastic bag and hid in one of the tents to fill in the form. When having to describe the skeleton I would run to have a look and then run back before I forgot it all! I still got my ulna and radius descriptions wrong, how I managed it correctly on the juvenile I will never know!
After lunch I went into the tent with Charlotte and helped her look for a burial in there as there were none left for me to do in the area everyone was in (we're moving to a new area tomorrow). It was hot in the tent so much so I was in 3 layers and I started with 6 layers on!
When Katrien was looking around the area we were all in trying to find something for Susan and myself to dig each. There was one grave and Katrien asked who was excavating to which I said it was one of the students with out realising she asked in Nederlands! So after 3 weeks of being here I am beginning to understand the language slowly but still have to respond in English!

Waffel Count: Today: 1 Total: 10

Videos of the site

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynh_ZiFSso0 (episode 6) again in Dutch also shows the conservation side and there is an interview with Professor Don Brothwell. They are going to be making an english episode so when it is done and I get the link I will put it up.

Start of my fourth week

Today was the start of my fourth week. It was a rather chilly start to the day in which I had to wear an extra layer and my toes were cold in 3 pairs of socks! Because of a train strike here the buses were buses and I was 30 mins late for work as was most other people. The workers come from Leuven, Antwerpen as well as Mechelen itself. I carried on working on the multiple burial and loads of skulls are appearing underneath the skeletons :S. Once we have lifted these two skeletons then we move else where on the site so the work force can work at the pace of the excavator which I have yet to master. That will come with practice. I worked out today though that I have now completed 3 months field work with 2 different companies in 2 different countries :D

On saturday I went to Ikea near Zaventem so now I have done Ikea in 2 countries :D. After which we went to Steenokkerzeel for coffee, well me and rob had hot chocolate which after watching rob make I also made. You are given warm milk and chocolate chips and then you melt the chocolate yourself to your statisfacation, so being a girl I had all the chocolate in the milk :p We also got advocat and cream in a glass which I also tried and it tasted great :D
For the evening I went into Leuven with Chris and his mates. They showed me some of the sites (a whistle stop tour) before going to the pub, we are in België and as they say when in Rome! or maybe it should be when in België! After a drink in the pub we went to play pool where I also tried some melon shot thing which was nice then we went for pizza at pizza hut!

Government/Council Buildings there are 400 statues on there

The old market area where they had the longest bar in België it has been broken up by some food outlets now!

More of the old market area

The train station at night, we parked underneath here somewhere

Waffel count: Weekend: 1 today: 2 (it was cold!) Total: 9

End of third week

I am now over half way through my stay in Belgium :(. I'm having such a great time.
Today was warmer on site or I was just working harder but I cannot work out which :P. It did start to drizzle a bit but after that it was fine :D. I have lifted both my 8th and 9th skeleton today and started to work on the skull I found working on my 9th. When recording my 8th I managed to label and annotate the bones correctly without any corrections for the first time, whats even funnier the skeleton is aged 6-8years old...why can I do it for a child with no bones yet formed properly and not a fully grown adult?
The skull is part of the area where the canadian is working which is making it more difficult to work out what is going on as hers is a multiple burial which I think now my 9th skeleton is part of and most likely this skull. I cannot do more until she moves a foot which is in the way but that cannot be done until we know what else is going in the rest of the area. Whilst working on the skull the excavator as it is known as on site or digger to you and me was working within metres of where I was without a hard hat on! This was properly strangest thing I have encountered, but does show that health and safety is different around the world!

me next to the working excavator

The film crew came today and I have been filmed again...I will soon be famous in België :p They were filming something for a halloween thing so I will most likely not be able to watch it as I am back in Engeland.

Waffel count: 1 today total: 6

Hopefully off to visit somewhere this weekend but not decided where yet...the choicest!

Day 14 on site

I have just worked out that I have miscalculated the number of days I have been on site...maybe I was hoping for more time lol. Today I lifted my 9th skeleton so that I can finish my 8th skeleton, I sometimes hate archaeological relationships as they sometimes don't make much sense. However, as I tend to find with this site I have found an extra articulated foot which could indicate another burial, this one would be between me and a multiple burial of 5 so very likely. As I was looking for the feet to my 9th skeleton I have found a skull. This will be my 10th skeleton if there is a body attached to it but I will find out once I have excavated my 8th.
Whilst excavating my 9th I have found felt which is great :D. However, there is loads holding the right side of the pelvis to the sacrum. My first job tomorrow is to peel it off and stick it in the fridge. That should be fun. Also tomorrow we have the Belgian National (Flemish National!) news crew coming to site. This will be the third news crew on site since I have been there, this is a unique project in Belgium.

The weather today, -0,05 C when I left this morning and was chilly most of the day. However, after lunch I was much warmer not sure if that was the cold drink I had, I was wandering around my burial recording it or because it had actually warmed up.

I have decided today to keep a count on how many waffels I eat a day. This is because today I had one to warm up at tea break and then had one at the station because I wanted to eat one. So today 2, total so far 5.

Day 11 on site

Today was yet a very chilly start but I kept warm by trowelling back so my juvenile can be exposed, photographed, recorded and then lifted. However like all my other graves it is not simple. I got part way down the femors and just below the surface I found another skull which was fragmented. I went to investigate this one and this turned out to be yet another skeleton. This one I think is a teenager and I have yet to find all of it because it is on its side! I never do things by halves, but at least I am having fun and learning new skills!
At tea break this morning I had yet another waffel to warm up my hands with. One of the workforce guys did tell myself, the canadian on site and the new american girl that we shouldn't 1 waffel a day because that is bad for us, but we should eat 5 a day!!!! Not sure what to say to that but this is Beglium!!!! and waffels are good, but don't think I could manage 5 a day!!

Below are some photos I took from on top of the tower.

The site, my grave containing my 8th skeleton is the small tarp next to the tree trunk on the left. Today this was expanded due to the 9th skeleton.

Top of the cathedral

The Bishops Palace

The Town HallOne of the 8 churches in Mechelen

Day 10 on site

Was another very cold start to the day but my feet were lovely and warm in 3 pairs of socks!!! At tea break a few of darted into the shop next door for a freshly made waffel so it was nice and warm! It certainly helped with the cold hands!!! I lifted my juvenile skeleton. I then went on to find another and for about an hour maybe 90mins I was shovelling away and then found what looks like an adult skull attached to a child's body. I will know more when the entire of the body is excavated and I can see what is going.

After work today I got to climb to the top of Sint-Romboutskathedraal Tower, all 500 of the scary stairs! I got to see great views on Mechelen but unfortunately due to fog could not see Brussels or Antwerp which can normally been see. I also got to go on to a part of the tower not open to the public. From here the site can be seen more amazing views of the city. I will put photos up at some point.

Early night needed.

Start of third week on site!!!

Today was rather a chilly start to my third week in Belgium. It was about +5 when I left for work this morning and it certainly felt cold. When I eventually got to site everyone was shivering away as it was not that much warmer than when I left. There is a stupid tower belonging to the catherdral in the way of the nice warm sun to warm us up. Surely they don't need that tower!!!!
I finally finished by the drain, when I turned up to site one of the other volunteers was cleaning my skeleton, thankfully before she got into it I could tell her what I had done and give her the correct paperwork. I carried on with the one underneath the second one. This third one had all its legs but only one foot bone! At least I'm slowly working up the amount of legs I excavate! Once that was done, I worked through teabreak as the digger was sat there waiting for a few of us to finish off the skeleton which had been started last week. We got there.
I then helped out our canadian volunteer on site to plan her grave onto the site plan and take levels of the skeletons she had lifted (there are 5 in the grave). Once all that was done I found a juvenile burial. Guess what this skeleton is missing! LEGS! I seem to have the knack of locating skeletons without legs. Maybe a PhD in it? :p I got as far as cleaning it so tomorrow is all the recording and paperwork, in the chilly morning brrr.

The weekend was slightly different too. I went to help out at a Girl Guide UK day. This was with the Brussels and Waterloo district. It was good fun and I enjoyed the day but think I will stick to the dark side of scouting. Sunday I went on the weekly outing to the British store and then the rest of the day was spent resting as we all had a busy day on Saturday in one way or another.

End of week 2!

I have survived another week at the site and I'm allowed to go back on Monday, this is good as my plane isn't until the the end of the month!
My second skeleton is lifted, although I have found 2 more legs and patellas which don't belong to the first skeleton. I now have to remove the first skeleton and then can find out what is going on with the new legs. This does mean more time next to the drain. The other archaeologists are slowly moving over to where I am and keep saying there is a smell, doesn't help me because I have had to work next to it for a while now lol!
Rumours going around that the digger will be on site on Monday so we can go down to the next level. Not sure if this is true or not, if it is true then not sure what time but hopefully I can sort out this burail first.

The weekend I'm off to a guide thing to help out as an extra pair of hands and Sunday not sure, maybe go and see somewhere else, some where, where I haven't been before.

Heading off, need my sleep

Videos of the site

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs0phrns15w&feature=related (episode 1)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSICDnR09Bg (episode 2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nKg5sRLOG8 (episode 3)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ad9KkzOt-3A&feature=related (episode 4)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-LeGCN2gbA&feature=related (episode 5)

These are the only ones I can find, they are all in dutch but gives you an idea of whats going on

Day 8 on site

Today was another successful day whilst digging away! I managed to find A leg on my skeleon which I was happy about seeing as the past 2 had none!!!! Whilst trying to find the other leg I found yet another skull which turned out to be another burial. I have to now work on this burial because it is covering the one leg I do have!!! This skeleton has both of its legs but the fibula and tibias are both broken on both legs due to a drain being put in years ago. This has made my work rather smelly as the pipe is still there and can still smell the lovely odours from it! It did mean I had more chance to see what else is happening on site because I had to keep walking away every now and then to get some fresh air. I will back to it tomorrow but shouldn't take to long to get the first skeleton done, then I can go back to the original one and finish that off and hopefully move away from the smell :D :D

More tomorrow

Photographs

Sites of Mechelen, first is Sint Romboutskathedrall, other photo is a nice building across the Grote Market

The site
The Manikin in the Brussles (yes it is peeing but can't capture it on my camera)
The King of Spain Pub aka the pigs bladder and stuffed horse pub
The stroking man

Day 7 on site

Well today, the weather was trying to rain all morning with about 2 spots then would stop however, I then got a text to hope we had better weather here then back home. 5 mins later it decided to give us a few more spots which warranted rain coats to be worn! However it stopped soon afterwards and just kept trying!

My skeleton from yesterday has been lifted but took me longer than usual as I had to lie out and lean into the burial so i could reach it to clean for photographs. The analysis I could do sitting up right but I then had to reassume the laid out position to get the bones out. I had to keep sitting up so my blood could return to the rest of my body. Once I finished my skeleton I started the hunt for another one! It took me an hour to find one. Before I found it I found a juvenile foot with tib and fib and loads of other random bones. Then I used the shovel and knocked the top off of the skull. Thankfully I did not break it off as the skull is just fractured all over. I have yet to find out if there are legs attached to this one!!!! This one is next to my previous two and the skeletons found nearby were headless and legless!!! These ones had loads of skulls none of which were associated with the headless. My view is still of the pubs and there is still the smell of drains in the area but nothing can be done about it as the drain pipes came up to allow us to dig!

Signing off for the night, another early start, 2 more to go and then its the weekend :D :D :D

Day 6 on site

Another warm day in the mud!!!! I lifted my skeleton that had no legs today. To confirm there were no legs I had to extend the burial out a bit, this turned up no legs but a section of the cranium (Skull). Once the first skeleton was lifted I then went on to see what was happening with the new cranium. This was a lot deeper to the original skeleton so meant loads and loads of digging and I was being asked if I was digging a well!!! This skeleton also seems to have no legs as well, looks like it is screaming and facing pubs. What conclusion did me and one of the belgian work force come up? The skeleton was obiously screaming because he couldn't get to the pub!!!!!

Tomorrow I will have to finish the skeleton, do the paper work and lift it then will have to find another one.

Second week on site!

Today was the start of my second week on site and my stay in Belgium.
Saturday I spent the day inside as the weather was awful and it was a chance to rest my aching muscles! Sunday I went to Brussles and the weather was lovely and sunny. We went for a coffee or hot chocolate in the King of Spain "Roi d'espana" pub. I went here at aged 5 and wanted a balloon which turned out to be pigs bladder which are still there along with the stuffed horse :D. After that we went for a look around and saw the peeing manikin and the guy you are meant to stroke and then had a waffle with chocolate on :D On the way back we went to an africa thing at the local stall and I got told that it was a typical Belgium Fundraiser- Food, beer and a tombola!

Today on site I finished off the burial I was originally working but it turned out to be a load of random bones but I did find nearby the top of a cranium so I started to investigat it further. It turned out to be a burial :D However this person has lost there legs apart from the top of the left femor. Tomorrow it will be lifted and then I will move on to another load of bones! Which will hopefully turn out to be a burial! We also had excitment on site. We had 2 belgian news crews in to film what we are doing and I got filmed too :D. I couldn't remember the names of the channels so couldn't watch the news. Will hunt on youtube at some point and see if is on there.

Off to beddie byes got another busy day tomorrow

End of first week on site

Today I completed my first week on site. It was a nice dry and sunny day although a tad cold in the morning. Didn't help I had paper work to fill in. The joys of field work that is destructive I guess!! The skeleton was lifted this morning and the bones were more fragile than expected but they are all up in the least amount of pieces as possible. This was one was in a rather interesting position as the left arm was flexed across the chest and the other was above the pelvis. This did make it more difficult to excavate but I got there after 4 days!!!!
The bones next to the grave were just random ones. It looked like someone came across the bones didn't want them so scattered them everywhere.
Now I am on to another burial so I will see what this one is like. So far I've found a foot and a hand, hopefully there is more!
This weekend will consist of catching up on sleep and hopefully seeing some of the sites of Belgium!!!

Day 3 on site

I have made it through another succesful day on site! I have fully cleaned my skeleton and taken its photo and plotted it onto the site plan. I have started to fill in the skeleton form (and they have copies in English!!!) and learning to new skills along the way. We have to do field anthropology and describe how the bones are in what position and things like that. It was very interesting to learn and get to carry out more tomorrow :)
Today the mayor of Mechelen came on to site and I got to meet him, to me he looked like a normal man in a suit! They don't dress up like the ones we have here. But was funny watching him walk around a muddy site dressed up nicely!!! It rained in the morning although it was dry in the afternoon so was starting to dry when he got there. By the time I finished it was nice sunny weather! He used to be some minister of Belgium which explains why people were acted strange when he came on to site. I had a nice conversation with him about whether I was a student or not, if I was enjoying in my time there and that it was great as its showing the public archaeology!!! This was all carried out in English.
I am getting use to the 6am starts and the buses full of school kids but looking forward to sleeping at the weekend.
Tomorrow I will lift the skeleton and then start on my next one, hopefully I will be quicker on the next burial.

Day 2 on site

Today was day 2 and they let me back on site :D I sorted out one problem with my burial and got to lift the intruding skull and the bones surrounding it. Now I can get back to the task in hand and excavate the original burial!
The people on site are nice and they are holding conversations with me in English as I cannot speak flemish/dutch! There is someone from Brighton (originally from Argentina) and a canadian so we speak English amongst our selves when the others are nattering away in Dutch. Although they do play alot of Michael Jackson so at least I understand the music!
Was going to put up pictures tonight of the area I am working in but too tired to get my camera and lead!!! Its all these 6am starts or 5am if you are in England :P :P

Off to watch My Family before I go to bed.
Night all

First day on site

Yesterday I made it to Mechelen and learnt the buses of Belgium! I walked around the the town and found out where the site was and then found a doughnut shop!!!! Then I got the buses back and had an early night!

Today, my first proper day on site and it was interesting, different to archaeology back home! I found a skeleton that I can excavate and it looked simple enough until I was finding the legs. There were loose bones over the top of where I was tracking the legs so I had to excavate them first. Simple... wrong! There bones then covering them and so on. Now I am left with lots bones every where and they are mainly leg bones! I am still uncovering them and then see what will happen next. Hopefully I will get most of it done tomorrow!

Off for an early night as I am up at 6 and out the door at 6:45 to be on site around 8! The joys of being an archaeologist in training!!!

Arrived

I have arrived safely in Beglium after a rather bumpy landing lol! Settling in well and found out bus to the site is at 7:05... I didn't know this time existed! Tomorrow I'm off to find the site and have a mooch around the area.