My favourite place we visited today was called DIG. It is a centre to teach about archaeology. You have to set up a time to join in as a tour guide leads you through the centre. They start your tour with a brief introductory talk. There is an archaeological dig happening in York right now. They are excavating ruins near the church where the DIG centre has been set up. There most recent find is a Roman burial site. York is interesting because of the number of different people who called it home.
After our dig, we went to another area where there were bins of actual finds from the dig. We were asked to sort the pieces as to what they could possibly be according to a guide we were given. The tour guide also circulated to help and to explain differences. It was all very interesting and well done. Because you had to book a time, you were in a small group so everyone had a chance to touch and participate. The tour guide had lots of time to get around to all of us and we had some great conversations.
Pooh in and of itself is a fascinating topic as I am sure you would all agree. However, the scientists felt this pooh was so interesting and significant that it needed a name. As Lloyd’s Bank had put up the funding to help with the excavation at the time of the find, the pooh has been named, “Lloyd’s Pooh”. Naturally, we had a family photo taken with the pooh. I mean, first a bank and now a piece of pooh? Is there no end to the honours our family name has acquired?
I leave you all here, knowing that many of your minds are furiously working with the connotations this presents and thankful I am not part of this further conversation. :)