Saturday 30th October - Lenham Court Dig and Shadoxhurst

After an early lunch, we packed our boots and digging buckets and set off for Lenham. Today's dig was at Lenham Court. The group had been invited to dig up their front lawn as they suspected there had been an earlier house on the site. Resistivity was promising so several test pits have been opened. It is looking good. We were given a hole to “play” in. Dave soon got bored and laid down for a nap. I think we found a round wall but the surrounding chalk and flints were hard to dig. I found a post hole too with a very defined shape. It can't have been that old though as it still had the wood rotting in it. The fragments have been kept in case they get chance to date it.

I had texts late from Katrina last night. Her trip to London had been called off. So she was free to come to Shadoxhurst with us. I went round to pick her up so that she was here with us when our lifts arrived. Back home, mulled wine made and introductions done, we set off for Shadoxhurst. We arrived quite early. There was lots of winning of plastic rubbish and cuddly toys from the stalls and the customary rabbit ears to be had. We also went to the BBQ stall where they sell burgers and hot dogs at very reasonable prices. Drinking our bottled beer and mulled wine by the fire while we waited for the fireworks to start. Katrina wasn't impressed with drinking beer. We were joined by friends from the astronomy club. The fireworks were good for a local display. We like the Shadoxhurst fireworks evening very much. This used to be the first one of the year that we'd go to but this year we'd already been to Eastbourne and Hastings.

When we got home, Katrina and I went over to the shop and she bought some bottles of Australian wine. Jose and Batty stayed too and us girls were drinking wine until very late. Jose and I took Katrina home when it was time to go. We'd had a lovely evening catching up and learning about life in Oz. Did you know they don't have wellington boots, they are known as gum boots, and Candy Floss is known as Fairy Floss.