Update September 2011

 

New Book launched - another book commissioned - Discount for Special Talk

Next Events - Archaeology News - More Latin - Online blog linked to BBC's Digging for Britain series 

 

NEW BOOK OUT on Wednesday 14th September (tomorrow!)

 

Fellbeck - not just a Road, a Bridge and a Pub

£10 (plus p+p if required)

     Packed full of old photographs as well as all-colour images of surviving archaeology and historical sites,

 

Come and pick up a copy and meet me and other members of the Fellbeck Heritage Group at the Heritage Marquee at the Nidderdale Show in Pateley Bridge on Monday 19th September 2011

The Show opens at 8am and closes at 4.30/5.00pm

 

Or come to the Half Moon Inn, Fellbeck, on Thursday 22nd September at 8pm

at the Half Moon Horticultural Show to meet us and maybe buy a copy of the book.

 

Or simply order a copy direct from me: just reply to this email

 

SPECIAL OFFER

A Classical Gallery of Rogues - The Eternal Pantheon

Saturday 24th September   2.30-4.30pm, Leathley Village Hall

Tea'n'Talk

Find out how the ancient Greek and Roman gods of myth still have a place in our lives today.

Gods posing divinely and gods misbehaving - they're all here!  Learn how to identify their personal hallmarks.

 

Advertised at £7.50 per person, I can offer you a special discount rate of £5 per person 

- an excellent price for an afternoon's entertainment and a tea that will feed you up for the rest of the day !

 

Please come and support me as I work towards NADFAS Accreditation - we need an audience of 50 folk to qualify - come and help me out here!

Bring your friends and book a table to enjoy not just the talk, but the very splendid tea and an afternoon out together.

 

Are you a member of a society? Come along and check me out - maybe I'm just the speaker your group's looking for ...

  I am delighted to report that I have signed a contract with Crimson Publishing and am now working on a glossy book on 'Roman Britain' - publication date March 2011.

 

Our Blog in association with BBC's Digging for Britain has taken a seasonal break

 

Check out what we've done so far.

Screened online by the production company who make Digging for Britain for BBC2 at http://diggingforbritain.tumblr.com                   

or you can also catch these weekly blogs on

www.muddyarchaeologist.co.uk (Digging for Britain) or at www.nidderdalepages.net (blogs)

 

My thanks to James Pearson of Fireforge Media for being a gracious cameraman and for his stunning filmwork and editing skills, and to Simon Pearson for the inspirational Nidderdalepages website.

 

NEXT EVENTS

Tuesday 13th September 2011        Northallerton History Society

                                                           A Hands-on History Potted History of Yorkshire

 

Monday 19th September 2011         Nidderdale Show, Heritage Marquee

                                                            Display, books for sale, come and chat ...

 

 

Thursday 22nd September 2011    Pateley Bridge Walking Festival   1pm

                                                           Prehistoric Dacre Guided Walk   Please book your place with PBWF

 

Thursday 22nd September 2011     8pm  at the Half Moon Inn, Fellbeck 

                                                                  Local launch of the Fellbeck Heritage Group's book:  Fellbeck: not just a Road, a Bridge and a Pub

 

Saturday 24th September 2011       Leathley Hall: Tea and Talk   2.30pm

                                                           A Gallery of Rogues - the Eternal Pantheon   Email me back or phone 0113 284 3577 to book your place ...

 

Check out my website, www.muddyarchaeologist.co.uk/Events for more dates from October onwards ...         

 

Please contact me to book a talk or event - books, Latin, literacy,  archaeology, Roman History, Roman Britain, Petra, that desert experience ... take  your pick!

   ... all are illustrated, lively and relevant to your society or your local area.

 

If you want a visual reference ...

 

Come and hear me at any of my talks.  Most societies welcome guests and newcomers. 

 

Or view the Muddy Archaeologist video on my site, www.muddyarchaeologist.co.uk/interviews ...                  

 

If you've missed those Latin classes, there's still time ...

 

Northallerton classes

From Monday 26th September 2011 for 10 sessions (£90)

in St.James' Church Hall, Romanby, Northallerton

 Latin Yesterday, Today and Forever - the continuing lessons (almost from the beginning!)

New members very welcome.  No test, just fun.   Email me for details.

ALSO 

'LATIN CONTINUUM'

The ongoing evening classes at Rossett School in Harrogate from 21st September

Lapsed Latin learners welcome to join in too.

Learn to decode Latin phrases & mottoes, etc, and discover how English is full of echoes of Ancient Rome.

No tests. Just fun and discovery.  Still spaces available.

Bookings through Malcolm Howe at Rossett School

 MHowe@rossett.n-yorks.sch.uk

Course Fee £70

As a Freelance Writer as well as an Author and a Lover of Latin, I can help you by providing one-off pieces or regular scribing.   Historical/anniversary/classical work a speciality.

 

www.muddyarchaeologist.co.uk

Just contact me  to ask for more details. 

 

Missed the Trek Talks?

Book me for Trekking to Jordan and Petra: Jordanian Jewel to take your own group or society on a great adventure

Or join me for a talk for the Friends of Harrogate Museums (2.30pm, Sunday 30th October.)

Prehistoric Nidderdale

 

A new community archaeology project - discovering new sites and refreshing our view of old ones

 

Contact me for details or simply take a look at our website : www.prehistoricnidderdale.org

You can sign up for our free email updates for the ongoing Iron-Age (Nidderdale) Project (about one a month)

- just 'reply' to this email & ask to be added. 

(Rest assured: we promise never to release your contact details to anyone else)

Offers

 

      OUT ON Wednesday 14th SEPTEMBER ...   Fellbeck: Not Just a Road, a Bridge and a Pub

 

            A limited print run of a this wonderfully illustrated book on Fellbeck in Nidderdale. 

                   Contact me to order your copy of (£10 plus p+p) ...

 

 

Visiting the Past is only £12.99 (plus £2 p+p where necessary).

To order copies just 'reply' to this newsletter or check it out on my website, www.muddyarchaeologist.co.uk. 

You can also buy a copy from Out and About in Harrogate or from Birstwith's Village Shop bookshelf.  Of course, you can always buy unsigned copies through all the usual channels too - bookshops, Amazon.co.uk etc ... but why not make it that bit more special and get a signed copy directly from me?

 

 

Northern Mines Research Society's 50th Anniversary Conference booklet includes a fantastic illustrated summary of our findings in Dacre: from the Prehistoric, through the medieval and on to the Tudor Smelt Mill (featured in our Digging for Britain associated online blog).  Just £10, available from myself: just email me at gillian@muddyarchaeologist.co.uk

 

 

Postcards of images from Visiting the Past are now available - just log onto my website (www.muddyarchaeologist.co.uk) and make your orders - there's also a selection of archaeology, birds and beasts and cartoons ...

 

 

Latin tea-towels. 

Quality material, and crammed with verbs, nouns, adjectives ... all the basic stuff you need to decipher Latin, they're only £5 (+ p&p) from me, (and every tea towel helps to raise funds for a Zambian hospice - so you get a feel-good factor as well as something to dry dishes or hang on your wall!).

 

 

The Muddy Archaeologist cap - high quality, light khaki, adjustable strap - one size fits all.  £9 (+p&p)

Have a great autumn and I hope to see you sometime!   

 

As ever, with very best wishes and thank you for your support. 

As ever, with very best wishes and thank you for your support.