They had crawled up his trousers, so tuck your socks in.

Husband and dog seem to acquire ticks in equal numbers in our household and the tick season seems longer every year. 😖

There are plenty of ticks on Mendip. 🙁

We normally take about 10 with us at a time in a small watertight container. Plus you need to carry a lighter. They have proved excellent for work in Longwood Valley sink. I don’t advise smoke pellets. We only tried these once at another digging site. They produced far too much smoke and exiting...

We have found smoke matches excellent for draught testing and usually buy a tub of 100...

Well done Joan, you would not have wanted to put a wheel down that hole. The traffic lights were working again yesterday.

Photos from yesterday.

I checked it out yesterday before they start filling it up today. The hole is about 1m deep and extends for about a metre under the tarmac in an SE direction, ending in a vertical wall which is probably a large boulder. There is a drainage ditch in the verge on the side and I suspect that the...

Well done - that is what the diggers like to hear. :) :dig:

We find Arctic Hayes Strikes Smoke Matches excellent. They have a burn time of 20 seconds which makes them ideal for testing draughts. https://www.cityplumbing.co.uk/p/arctic-hayes-strikes-smoke-matches-33-3000b/p/739900

Some creative photo work by Nick.😁 Roger was rescued on 13th November 2012, delivered safely to the surface and declined to return underground for the diggers Christmas party. He/she thought that they might get eaten.

Good communication at all stages is vital. We always keep landowners updated on how the dig is progressing and send them a regular photographic record. The latter works really well. However, on one occasion I was trying to keep a breakthrough quiet, while we assessed the situation and wondering...

You can always leave it in or by the Wessex Digging store. I am sure that it will find a good home. :)