“We parked in the car park and walked up to the nearby Visitor Centre which is now open again”
Bits & Pieces At The Gloup
A Certain Kind Of Mindset
“Well, Boris is still in Number 10, and I was wondering Why? How? I remember a song by Leon Rosselson called H-A-N-G-O, which might be something to do with it.”
Remembering The Longhope Lifeboat Men
Pictures by Steve Davey
Remembering Pompeii – And Herculaneum
“When I visited Herculaneum I was fortunate enough to have a guide who didn’t stick to the rules and used his keys to let me into places which were usually kept locked. “
The House On The Hill
“From where we were sitting we could look down and across to two crannogs in the Loch “
Wider traces of the elusive Denisovans
A probable Denisovan molar from 164 to 131 ka old cave sediments in northern Laos. (credit: Demeter, et al.; Fig. 2)
It’s “Appalling”
“Prince Charles has described this transportation of people as being “appalling” and it is – it’s appalling, and inhuman and illegal.”
If You’d Like To Support The Dig At The Cairns….Even Though It Isn’t Happening….For Now!
“The Cairns is so very important archeologically.”
There’s More To Brochs Than ‘Choost an’ Owld Pile of Ston’ – to quote from the title of Ken McElroy’s dissertation!
“I received the latest Newsletter from the Caithness Broch Project and it has all sorts in it”
1977
“Jubilee year 1977 – my final year at Uni – not much money – on a student grant – remember those?”
