It's been a day of contrasts in Rousay – we always say that Orkney has four seasons in a day, and we started with a cold wind & overcast...

Another sweltering hot day in Rousay - weather set like this for another few days according to the Met office. Since the chambered tomb...

Our second day on site and the heatwave finally hit – barely a breath of wind and temperatures soaring to the dizzy heights – well, dizzy...

It's finally here - the first day of the 2018 Swandro excavation - yippee!!!!!!!!!! It's been a long haul and at times it looked like...

Getting organised for the start of the 2018 dig tomorrow so this is the last Not-the-dig diary entry for a while - we're into the dig...

Only 72 hours to go before the team arrive on site to start the 2018 dig, a frantic day of activity finishing loading of the big site...

We're counting down to the start of the 2018 dig - only 7 days to go until we're back on site for a six-week season. This season we're...

We're counting down to this year's dig and hoping that lots of people will come out to visit the site during the season. We're going to...

Our chambered tomb at Swandro is, like most of Orkney's chambered tombs, only built on one level. Not far from Swandro there is however a...