Verna busies herself with drawing whilst layers of clean silt are
exposed at the bottom of the moat
Meanwhile, over in Herefordshire:
We finally, after three years, complete the excavation of the conduit
house, and uncover a previously undiscovered spillway.
![Croft](Summer2115.jpeg)
Katherine, a new volunteer, helps plan the site of the former
ice-house and Sarah sets up the Geode GPS receiver in an attempt to
begin accurately locating the many monuments lurking in Fishpool
Valley
![Croft](Summer2116.jpeg)
![Croft](Summer2117.jpeg)
We were fortunate in persuading the National Trust to allow us to take
time to explore other 'picturesque' landscapes, namely: Piercebridge,
Hafod and and Downton Gorge.
![Stowe](Summer2111.jpeg)
... and here's another 'side quest' for the National Trust, a very
long trench cut through the dam holding back the waters of the Eleven
Acre Lake,
quite interesting as dams go... what a busy summer.