For Dr. Scott, I'm still working on the handouts for the archaeology field school end-of-term trip to Cornwall, plus mailing conference info to various UK universities.
For Nina today, part of the day I was doing various admin tasks with the field studies website and updating different documents. Then she gave me an ongoing assignment, to write a "Travel Destination of the Week" 2-page document every week to be posted for students to see. Similar to the kinds of info I've been researching piecemeal for other places as part of field studies work so far. I chose Whitby for my first one because I wanted something that wouldn't be too predictable or obvious. Mom and I went there last summer and loved it! I wrote a handout detailing how to get there, info about the YHA hostel there, places to eat, attractions, and activities. Lots of fun! I'm looking forward to choosing new places each week (most will be ones I haven't been to; I can choose anywhere in the UK or western Europe that students might reasonably be able and want to travel to).
Some favourite photos from Whitby Abbey, summer 2012:
Yesterday I took advantage of the castle's free minibus service to go shopping at Asda (UK name for Walmart) for cheap gardening gloves for archaeology and peanut butter (they don't have this in the dining hall anymore, so I bought some small cheap jars at Asda and bring one to breakfast with me!) :) I snapped a few quick shots of the visitor centre while I was waiting for the bus:
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| Visitor centre (next to the castle) |
The wifi here has been sporadic recently, so hopefully it will resolve soon and be consistent again. A parting shot of the horses:
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| The castle horses in the fields seen from my window |
Sounds like you are having a busy time doing lots of different things - in spite of the rain. You are a 'Jack-of-all-trades' (or should that be 'Jill')?? They will hire you for an official travel guide/brochure writer. Your photos are beautiful, as always. The visitor centre looks like a neat building, and I bet that big tree beside it is older than I am.
ReplyDeleteYour work tasks for both Dr Scott and Nina sound pretty darn interesting. And what a great new research project, to do those weekly Travel Destination posts ! Whitby is a great first choice; I'd go back there in a heartbeat :)
ReplyDeleteI like your Asda grocery list - it's not too often that someone writes "Peanut Butter" and "Archaeology Dig Gloves" on their shopping list ;)
As for the castle horses outside your window; do you mean they actually belong to the castle ?!
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Love, Mom
I just love your blog and photos!
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