So for me, the morning involved walking Dave the dog (Fig.1), cleaning out our campervan and generally getting everything sorted so we could have an afternoon of detecting. Liz arrived home and we set off on a short drive to a local permission that we have called ‘Castle Field’, a site that has very special memories for us, as it is where we first met.
It is a site where the farmer grazes sheep over winter and in the summer months removes the flock and grows hay which is cut for winter fodder several times a year. We decided to take Dave along so he could help dig, it always amazes me just how much dirt he can spread around, leaving barely enough to back-fill the hole! However, he’s good company, very well-behaved on digs and genuinely seems to enjoy it too. After a journey of 10 minutes or so we had arrived – just to be safe we always walk the permission first, to make sure we won’t get in the way of any farm work or new livestock. I went over the stile and was immediately met with calf high grass, Dave was having to ‘spronk’ over it like a tiny gazelle just to move forward, today really wasn’t going to be the day to swing a Coilover this field. Fortunately, we had a backup permission just over the road, consisting of two small grazing paddocks. Unfortunately, however, they run right alongside the M6 motorway and consequently are pretty full of trash. Somewhat dejected we headed back to the campervan for a brew.
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