It’s a very good local museum! They have quite a few paranormal events and do creepy tours of the vaults, too.

Also I was really looking forward to visiting Amarna as a bright-eyed student in 2010, but I had a strong sense of being constantly watched there, and this weird inexplicable feeling that there was nowhere to hide. The longer we stayed, the weirder the vibe got. Not a good place.

Oh we also have replica eels for the replica eel traps! (I had to tie these in with fishing twine because they would not hot glue.)

Still holding out for Cambridge Archaeological Unit to produce an infographic or something explaining the boat names so that we don’t have to keep doing it, though 😘

You’ll see a reference in the article to fragmentary Boat 9 being (partly) named after one of Flag Fen’s volunteers, our beloved indefatigable Betty Peers, who died in July. Up until the week before she died, Betty was part of our team cleaning the boat fragments. She’ll be in our thoughts today.

I’m always quite impressed that Peterborough Cathedral hasn’t fallen down, and I know that it’s on dry land a good distance from the river and the old fen edge, but it still feels a bit dicey considering that Peterborough is, well, Peterborough.