Tuesday 17 September.

Day 2 - seven of us this morning (three new faces) and Roger of course. Yesterday's wind had dropped and it wasn't raining, which made life much more pleasant!

Roger showed us the initial results of yesterday's efforts – all very interesting!  We were in the nearer field today (Field 1) and while Roger was sorting out his dGPS, the rest of us proceeded to lay out 3 x 20m squares along the side of the wall, separating this field from the adjacent field (Field 2).

Ann on her first geophysics ever (c) photo by Jane Lunnon 

We then took turns in geo-physing the 3 squares and at the same time instructing the 2 volunteers who had never done this before – a very good exercise to ensure that not only the 'old hands' were doing everything correctly, but they could also explain why they were doing it!

Roger! What was it you said about dummy logs?  (c) photo by Jane Lunnon 

It was again a bit tricky as we worked along the curve of the wall and as yesterday, several lanes had to be redone! Our excuse today was that as it was getting near lunch time our blood sugar levels were low, which did not help with our maths calculations!

Ruth wishes it was time for lunch (c) Photo by Jane Lunnon

However all was finished to our satisfaction, lunch was eaten and a further square laid out and roped up, when the rain began in earnest. As the results of geo-physing following a change in the weather are not so satisfactory, we decided to call it a day.

                                                                                            Ruth Spencer                                                                        UWHG