I am a undergraduate at the University of Leicester, currently in my second year studying History and Archaeology. I have taken part in digs for the Museum of London and hope in the future to do some kind of excavation work abroad, so I can travel and combine archaeology at the same time.
I’m originally from Essex, and yes, I have blond hair, but I do not wear white stilettos or drive a red Escort. I’m a typical student, I have no money and talk far too much, as well as eat baked beans and drink Fosters.
When I was younger, my parents, (being middle class!) took me around lots of old houses and churches and buildings in general and thus developed my taste for things historical. The first job I ever wanted to be was an archaeologist and almost 15 years later, I’m here at uni studying it…
I have an interest mainly in industrial archaeology and also in buildings and landscape.- I find aerial photographs amazing and can spend hours looking at maps, (my fathers’ influence, he’s a geographer) and all of my friends think I’m strange when I suddenly cross the road to peep in a church or have a nose at the gargoyles on an old house!
I went backpacking around Thailand and Malaysia in the summer and I’m desperate to get back. I think I’ve caught the travelling bug, I want to visit Australia and Vietnam hopefully sometime in the future.
Special Interest Areas
Industrial and landscape archaeology, maps, buildings