A Happy (very belated) New Year to all of you and here is the somewhat skeletal diary for 2010. No doubt new events will be added as the year goes on and I am hoping to do some sort of a ‘tour’ involving my ex- Gateshead Council library bus during the Festival of British Archaeology (17th July – 1st August). The other main difference between 2010 and previous years is that I am not doing many hotel heritage weekends. This is partly due to Hilton having stopped doing special events (so no more Hadrian’s Wall trips) but also because I want to have more weekends free to indulge some of my other interests. Yes, it is possible for a passionate archaeologist to be interested in more than just archaeology. In my case it is historic (well it had to be) motor sport so expect to see me at Prescott and Shelsey Walsh hill-climbs, the Goodwood Revival in September and as many other events as I can fit in.
Hope to meet up with some of you this year!
Julian Richards – Diary February to May 2010
So far this year I have been up to the Mellor Celebration Conference in January (www.mellorheritage.org.uk) have attended the World Premiere of ‘Gravel is Great’ at the Cotswold Water Park (www.gravelisgreat.co.uk) and built a replica Viking ship with a group of excitable Young Archaeologists in Salisbury.
February
PUBLIC
Sunday 21st
Old Sarum, Salisbury, 10.00am onwards: Scrub clearance with FOAM (Friends of Ancient Monuments)
Tuesday 23rd
Trowbridge (Wiltshire): This is the start of a two week excavation project at Larkrise School, investigating the site of a new classroom that will be going up in April. (Details to follow)
PUBLIC
Tuesday 23rd
Salisbury (Wiltshire):Bringing the Past to Life a Personal Viewpoint for Salisbury Local History Society, 7.30pm, Salisbury Museum Lecture Theatre.
PUBLIC
Friday 26th Sunday 28th
British Museum (London): Archaeology 2010 Conference organised by Current Archaeology. I will be chairing the panel of judges for Fridays Presentation of Heritage Research Awards and presenting the awards at the end of the day. And on Saturday I am moderating the session on recent Stonehenge research.
March
Monday 1st
Warminster (Wiltshire): Stonehenge, the Story so far for the Warminster Historical Society,
Saturday 6th
West Wiltshire Young Archaeologists Club
Sunday 7th
Lake Barrows, near Amesbury (Wiltshire) 10.00am onwards: Scrub clearance with FOAM (Friends of Ancient Monuments)
This is the final FOAM meet of the year.
Tuesday 9th
Stonehenge: Pen State University tour of the Stonehenge landscape and special access evening visit into the stones.
Wednesday 10th
East Dorset Antiquarian/Archaeological Society ‘Wessex from the Air – 70 years on’
Tuesday 23rd
London: Institute of Archaeology. Speaking at the launch and reception to mark the inauguration of the new Centre for Audio-Visual Study and Practice in Archaeology (CASPAR).
Wednesday 24th
Broughton-in-Furness, Cumbria: Launch of ‘Ring Cairns to Reservoirs’ (R2R) for the Duddon Valley Local History Group
Thursday 25th
London: Stonehenge Interpretation Panel meeting
Saturday 27th
Andover (Hampshire): Hampshire Young Archaeologists Club
April
Wednesday 7th
Sturminster Newton (Dorset): Wessex from the Air – 70 Years On
Friday 16th – Sunday 18th
Salisbury (Wiltshire): West Country Writers Association. I will be speaking about Stonehenge on the Friday evening and am looking forward to listening to the other speakers over the following two days.
Monday 19th
Blandford Forum (Dorset): this is the start of a two week excavation project at Milldown School, before they move to their new school over the road. This is part of an HLF funded Blandford Schools and Community Dig Project which will run throughout 2010. Details of events to follow.
Wednesday 21st
Gillingham (Dorset): ‘TV archaeology’ for the Gillingham Local History Society.
May
Monday 3rd
Blandford Forum (Dorset): Blandford Georgian Fair – the Blandford project may have a ‘presence’ at the Fair. To be confirmed!
Friday 7th – Sunday 9th
Wiltshire: Stonehenge and Avebury for Ace Study Tours (www.acestudytours.co.uk)
Monday 17th – Friday 19th
Playing in Wales on the Larkrise School residential activity week. Including a visit to the Dolaucothi gold mine!
Wednesday 26th - Friday 28th
Wiltshire: Stonehenge and Avebury for Ace Study Tours (www.acestudytours.co.uk)
My diary from June onwards will be posted soon.
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