
Tuesday, 27 July 2010
Addicted to digging!

Although we did get to do some more digging.









Third visit
On the third visit they had a small school group, so we were more organised!
Searching the spoil
Get digging!

Day 1
Monk Bretton Priory was the site for an Archaeological dig. The site used to belong to the Talbots, who had connections with Mary Queen of Scots, it is believed that a medieval manor house stood on the sight. The archaelogists surveyed the site and found some interesting sites to investigate. It was a fantastic opportunity for the children and we made three visits to the site, to see the dig progress. One site was for the university students, post-docs and volunteers. The other site was for the community, but at critical stages we were not allowed to dig.









Friday, 23 July 2010
Brodsworth Hall
During the Jume half term we went to a time travellers event based on the painting 'Dolphin off Amsterdam'. We didn't get to go in the house on the day, so It was on my list of things to do. Sunday was looking rainy so we set off to Brodsworth. We arrived and the sun came out and it was so sunny. Going in the house was not top priority anymore...

Tea and cake in Brodsworth church.

Chocolate biscuit for Rosanna

Playground next.
Off to listen to the brass band.
Perfect height for Rosanna to practise her walking. She can now do about 6 steps.
Finally we made it into the house. Reuben in the 'Dolphin off Amsterdam' exhibition.
Imogen reading the poem of the day.

Tea and cake in Brodsworth church.









Subway, time travel & arrows
After packing up the girls bedroom for moving, they were left with only a few things to play with. The bookcase quickly became a shop, but it was a bit random. Jemima thought that 'Mary Queen of shops' would not be impressed, so they made a cafe.
Jemima setting up her cafe, based on subway's.
You can choose a slice of toast, a drink and a snack.




My order of 3/4 butter 1/4 jam toast (to share with Rosanna, not because I'm a difficult customer).
The kids then got into the empty wardrobe and time travel began...
Arriving in the medieval period.
Reuben riding a medieval horse, around the fire. The fire was used to warm up the arrows before shooting them from the window.
Girls making silver goblets since King James stole the gold.

Time to travel back to 2010 and carry on with the packing.
Jemima setting up her cafe, based on subway's.






The kids then got into the empty wardrobe and time travel began...





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