Weather and volunteers permitting, clearance work will resume on the Japanese Gardens on the next three Mondays - ie 14th, 21st, and 28th February. This is to get as much as we can clear before the site is 3-D scanned in March.

If anyone is interested, and able, please come along and help. Or just come along to have a look! Some of the work is quite light - must be if I can do it! The work is supervised by County Council archaeologists as part of a County Council Local Improvement Scheme we successfully applied for.

Start time is from 10 am. For people getting there at 10, meet at the hotel, or if its later in the day, go straight to the Japanese Gardens, which lie at the foot of the lawns sloping down in front of the hotel building. Wear gardening gear and strong shoes/boots if you're planning to work on the site. A new way to spend Valentine's Day!