We’re packed and pretty much ready to go. Tomorrow morning the advance party set off from Newcastle: James, Andy, James H and Hayley, collecting Chris somewhere in the midlands and hoping to arrive late afternoon in Lufton.

The rest of the team – Elliott, Ellie, Douglas, Holly-Ann, Samara, Tilly, Josh and Zara – will be joining us in a week’s time.

In addition to the blog we’ll be sending a few tweets @ArchaeologyNCL #Luftondig2015