Parting is such sweet sorrow

Last day going over the remainder of the rough, bulldozed area and a preliminary scan of the start of the spoil heap. Five coins and an old telephone box token and all before lunch when I said my goodbyes to Anna and the workmen and Federica and Sabrina took me back to Frascati by a new new route via Rome! Valentina had to leave as soon as she dropped me off this morning to attend a tutorial with her Professor but I will see her tomorrow as she has very kindly insisted on taking us to the Ciampino airport.

My new helper for the day was Sandrio, whose English was as good as my Italian (mind you he spoke several other languages). Here we are enjoying our one break in the shade.

From the shade I could still see Anna keeping the digger on it's toes.

The girls do not hang about and are working their trowels as soon as the digger's bucket leaves the ground. You can see the soil still falling from the moving bucket.


OK I was posing - I know the head's too far above the ground!

And talking of posing here's the last photo I took and my favourite - except that I had to put it on the ground for a self timed shot and a pesky blade of grass has obscured Sabrina's lovely face.

The bad news for you follow on detectorists is that Federica and Sabrina will be tied up with their student diggers and Valentina will be doing all her logistics work when you come, so you'll get one of the workmen to be your digger and it's not nearly as nice kissing them on both cheeks when you say goodbye! Welcome to the Hill :).