Category: Northumberland

  • Mind over Mattock

    Mind over Mattock

    When I last wrote I was feeling very anxious about my time on Lindisfarne, and now it’s been two weeks and a massive rollercoaster of a time. In essence, I LOVE the island, I LOVE the dig, but I really REALLY don’t like living in a bunkroom. But nothing is…

  • I’m a bag of nerves…

    I’m a bag of nerves…

    I’ve spent the best part of a year being super excited about going on the dig, but these last few days I’ve felt quite sick with nerves! Try as I might to talk myself out of the anxious feeling I just couldn’t, and I got quieter and quieter, and grumpier…