As the first team of diggers left Lufton throughout the day, it was up to Hayley, Elliot, James G, Andy, Sally, Min and Pete to do some last minute work on site before the weekend and the arrival of the second team.

The day started with everyone recording some contexts and drawing some plans,while Andy used the Total Station and the GPS to double check all the grid points on the site.

Meanwhile, Sally and James G got the planning frames out to draw some complex masonry and deposits on the Eastern and the Northern end of the site.

Towards the end of the day we did a bit of gentle digging to excavate a robber trench for the corridor’s external wall. Close to home time Dan, James I and Chris dropped by site before heading off back to the north east to say goodbye and Andy treated the team to some ice lollies before we packed up for the weekend.

Everyone is looking forward to catching up on some sleep and getting some R&R over the weekend before the digging resumes on Monday.