Daily log, Thu 17.Sept.2015

• Author: Michael Loy

aka Michael’s Grumpy Day

Michael was super-grumpy today (sorry!). Contributing factors involved ripped trousers, falling headfirst into a thorn bush, and a craving for a meat kebab. The less said the better…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijZRCIrTgQc

Defying Gravity

One of the more groovy (and unexpected) sights of the day was seeing a tractor driving practically vertically up and down a ridge edge. This area had been marked ‘unwalkable’ by the team due to its steepness, and yet the crazy driver didn’t see any problem taking his wheels up and down. The area survyed comprised the the 'bowl’ inside the steep ridge edges, the top olive-tree-strewn-plateau, and also a pathway past a villa complex and children’s play area. (Unfortunately the team were not given playtime, and kept working hard).

Breaktime was taken halfway up a hill, where we found a number of plastic chairs and a table - we really have found Stuff everywhere in the landscape! The morning snack was a plumb called Erik.

Personnel update

Unfortunately, Birce was ill today, and Toby was also unable to join us in the field. Best wishes to them both. Vera arrived today and joined Anja at the excavation house to work on processing our finds hoard. Good luck, there’s a lot to get through!

List of Tracts and POIs created

• 3524-3563: good work for a tough day on difficult terrain