Hello all. :) Today when I woke up I was a little less sore. I couldd get out of bed in 5 minutes instead of 15! It seems to be the general consesus of my group that our muscles are getting a little better. This is like Archaeology Boot Camp!
Today I didn't find much. A few pieces of pottery and a few pieces of "cramp" which is a "vitreous slag-like material" which is probably the remains of burned sea-weed and fat, human or otherwise. (For other information on this, visit the following website: sasaa.co.uk/oja_cramp.pdf There is a really neat article here.)
I did find several large pieces of pottery which I haven't uncovered yet. Tomorrow I will borrow a leaf trowel and get to see how well those are preserved and if they will stay in tact as I remove them.
The scenery here is beautiful. My hostel looks out over a small bay where we can see seals and swans in the water. Either yesterday or the day before two swans floated by in the fresh -water loch next to the Ness. They had three ducklings which were, indeed, ugly. They were cute though. It's barely 8 oclock but I want to sleep. This is surprisingly difficult manual labor. Hopefully I'll have something more exciting to tell you all tomorrow. Maybe I will even have enough sleep to upload some pictures.
Goodnight
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