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Connecting with Nature

By 13/05/2021July 5th, 2021News

The theme of this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week is nature and we’ve asked staff to submit photos which we’ll be sharing this week to lift everyone’s spirits!

We begin with this beautiful early morning ridge and furrow!

‘One advantage of the dog getting up at 6am is that I get to see the sunrise!’

Jenny, Manager of the Durham office

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This is Lucius, sound asleep in the shade.

‘I just like it because it’s calm!’

Caroline, HR officer

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‘The robin with a worm and the chasing squirrels are both views from my kitchen window of the sycamore tree in my neighbours garden. During the lockdown last year I began to notice just how much activity goes on out there among a variety of birds, the squirrel and fox populations and domestic cats. Brockwell Park (on the right) is my nearest large open space and the hill in the centre of the park gives views of the open sky and of the undulations of the landscape around SW and SE London. These were largely fields and woods only a very few generations ago. I like the urbane friendliness of the park, manicured and ‘unnatural’ as it is. I enjoy photographing barely noticed ordinary scenes around and about me. I like to try and capture the small and simple everyday visual pleasures that help to make the gift of life more enjoyable.’

Strephon, photographer

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Low Newton by the Sea, Northumberland

‘Sometimes archaeology allows you to escape the lockdown and visit some beautiful places’

Ben

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  • ‘A favourite beach on the Northumberland coat with ominous clouds and rain approaching. A rare peaceful spot to escape reality and think of nothing but sea and sky.’  Ben
  • ‘First day in North Yorkshire where Spring felt like it was actually beginning to happen. It snowed later.’ Ben

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‘This is a photo from my bedroom window at my parent’s farm. I miss this view!’

Rebecca 

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  • Sherwood Pines by Rebecca
  • ‘My daughter at Sherwood Pines.’ Rebecca
  • Clumber Park by Rebecca
  • ‘This is taken when we were on holiday in Derbyshire 2 years ago.’ Rebecca
  • Flowers in a crack by Rebecca
  • ‘This was taken at Belton House, my girls love jumping over the streams in the gardens.’ Rebecca
  • ‘I can’t remember where we were, but I remember the whinging involved. They did stop to admire the view though.’ Rebecca

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Bluebells

Peter, Director

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Dawn, by Dawn, Accounts Administrator!

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‘Gardening interrupted’

Chris, Post-Roman Pottery & Clay Tobacco Pipe Specialist

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  • Brandy Bottom Colliery, Pucklechurch by Chris
  • Vinnie jumping by Chris
  • Bruce on the ‘rockery’ by Chris
  • Dahlias by Chris
  • Bristol Balloon festival 2020 by Chris
  • Tony ‘Ever hopeful [of food]’ by Chris

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‘Here is a picture of the bluebell woods in Ashridge , near me – Beech trees in the Chilterns 
the bluebells are out at the moment (these are old photos) and one with my dog sadly no longer with us ……’

Lucy, Post-Excavation Manager

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Amazing wildlife photos taken by Sean at our Cholsey site in Oxfordshire!

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More fantastic wildlife photos from Sean, this time from the Larkstoke Manor site in Warwickshire.

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‘The beach and garden are good places to relax out east this spring.’

Mark, Director & Manager of the Cambridge office

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‘This is Parsnip sitting by a border made of discarded CBM in the garden, eating flowers (!) The picture below is from my local park last year – mama and papa swan taking their cygnets for a walk.’ 

Sian, Finds & Environmental Manager

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‘The first two photos were taken at Hidcote House during our first family day trip after lockdown and we were really happy chasing our 4 year old through the gardens. As for the picture of the cherry trees, perhaps there’s a clunky metaphor in the way the haras fencing protects them!’

Robin, Project officer

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‘The first is taken from the corner of Thiepval wood on the Somme, looking towards the Lutyens monument in the village of Thiepval itself. I’ve spent a lot of time working in that wood over the years and that landscape is my go to escape from the world, even if, like now, it is only in my imagination. It is an amazingly beautiful and haunting landscape regardless of the time of year and the poignancy of what occurred there makes the serenity it radiates that much more potent. The second image is taken from the Warwick office drive showing our very own albeit brief mushroom forest.’  

Jon, Project Manager

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Black squirrel

Dave, Cambridge office

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‘This is a long exposure shot, which was taken at Cobbold’s point in Felixstowe.’

Ryan, Archive Supervisor & UAS Operator

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  • ‘A flower that caught my eye in our local park.’ Ryan
  • ‘This is from a trip to the Oregon Coast a few years back.’ Ryan

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Escaping to high places and ancient landscapes with my dogs always makes me feel more grounded. This is Nottingham Hill Camp and the ancient trackway which bisects it has views of the Malverns and distant Welsh mountains. It’s a multi-period site with a Bronze Age barrow cemetery, an Iron Age promontory hillfort, coin evidence for Romano-British occupation and documentary evidence of Early Medieval settlement. A Bronze Age hoard, mainly swords, was found here and a cup and ring marked stone. It’s been the perfect place to forget about 21st century problems over the last few months.

Cate, Illustrator

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