I have lived in Gravesend, Kent all my life. I’m a Customer Services Manager for the oldest printers in the World (apart from Guttenburg and Caxton, that is!) and also dabble in photography (available for weddings, portraits etc – only joking!). My interest in archaeology is very much non-professional. I have never taken a course…Continue…

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Married with two grown up daughters. Anything that comes out of the ground is of interest to me and have a strong interest in geology as well here in Powys, that is Brecon to Hay-on-Wye area. Always had an interest since the day I found a flint arrowhead as a boy. Do have a metal…Continue…

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Over the past few years I’ve cycled many hundreds of miles through some of the loveliest parts of southern and eastern England, mostly with a couple of friends. I’ve made my way from Land’s End to John O’Groats (or vice-versa) by three different and somewhat unusual routes, I’ve travelled a fair bit of the Sustrans…Continue…

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Viewing Time Team is an extension of study of geology – archaeology also deals with materials and time. Although academia has decreed that there is a separate subject area, time is continuous, geological and human processes are continuous and there should be no distinction. However, partitioning has and will continue to occur but there’s no…Continue…

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I was born in Manchester but grew up in Somerset and then Devon. As a child I was always interested in history and archaeology and constantly dug holes in my parents’ garden, much to their delight. My one and only find was a wheel from a steam train. As I grew older I developed an…Continue…

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I’m Ria, I live in The Hague, Holland. I have a keen interest in archaeology and history in general. I was an amateur archaeologist for a while, but due to lack of time, I had to give it up, for a while anyway. I started reading the “old forum” some 3.5 years ago, and after…Continue…

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I was born and still reside in Anlaby, bordering Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire. After being educated at Ainthorpe Grove School, and the Hull Trinity House Navigation School, I commenced a career as a seagoing navigation officer in the British Merchant Navy. My wife, Judy, and I have been married since 1971 (the original) Richard &…Continue…

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After many years as a Dispensing Optician (qualified in 1972!) I decided to change direction. Countryside conservation was always an interest, so became an Estate Warden with the National Trust. After developing tenosynovitis in both elbows, I had to give this up, so drifted around for a while then decided to settle down and do…Continue…

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I am a big TT fan with interests in nearly all peroids, but especially neolithic monuments and landscapes, been watching TT since the very first series. Currently a civil servant looking into doing some archaeolgy study from home in the near future, maybe the courses offered by Exeter University (If you know of any others…Continue…

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I am a student from East Yorkshire. I come from a farming family, and I have a keen interest in animals, the countryside and agriculture. I am currently studying at Bishop Burton College for a BSc. (Hons) in Animal Science & Management in the second year of a three-year course. I also keep a small…Continue…

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My father was a german fighter pilot who died this year so I’ve always had an interest in WW2. I always had a great interest in history and wanted to help out on a dig. I then suffered a serious accident and my life changed from doing to watching. I spend many hours watching time…Continue…

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I became interested in Archaeology after a brief visit to the Jorvik dig way back in the 70’s. I was amazed they could tell so much from bits of rubbish. I was unable to take this further until 1986 when I bunked off school to work on two digs, the first at fishergate in York…Continue…

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