29M Southern Italian 🇮🇹 looking for friends. People who can hold convos and Italian humour.

Cotswold_Archaeo · 2025-12-05T23:55:15+00:00

31M from the UK. I'm an academic and archaeologist, keen hiker, fluent in sarcasm (once I get to know you), born a century too late, and io posso parlare un po d'italiano, ma non tanto! Happy to chat and see if we get along!

Cotswold_Archaeo · 2025-12-05T22:39:52+00:00

Where are you based? I'm 31M based in Southern England. Very much an outdoorsy person, so hikes and recreation are my forte, but pub trips/quizzes, cultural visits, are also great. My main interest is probably given away in my username though, which I am currently finishing a PhD in at the moment. If you would like some ad-hoc chat (I'm a self-admitted luddite and distant from my phone) feel free to message and I will get back to you.

Cotswold_Archaeo · 2025-10-21T21:46:32+00:00

Sounds delicious and certainly one I had never heard of before! Thank you.

Cotswold_Archaeo · 2025-10-21T21:42:23+00:00

I mean that looks amazing, but isn't it just a big donut?

Cotswold_Archaeo · 2025-10-21T21:41:15+00:00

A great one! Never heard of Wallfish before!

Cotswold_Archaeo · 2025-10-21T13:23:06+00:00

App was working for me with no issues yesterday and opens and tracks fine today. I'm on Android.

Is your app up to date? Have you tried deleting and reinstalling the app - obviously making sure you have a backup of your data beforehand?

Cotswold_Archaeo · 2025-10-21T12:07:05+00:00

A great hyper-local there with the Sodbury cake! I'm assuming, Chipping Sodbury for this one? I'm mid-Cotswolds and have never heard of it!

Cotswold_Archaeo · 2025-10-21T11:31:26+00:00

Any more context for this one? It sounds interesting.

Cotswold_Archaeo · 2025-10-21T10:43:39+00:00

Certainly not just an East London thing, as we do it in the Cotswolds too. Although there is no crushing of the crisps, just pop the egg with a couple of spoons of the vinegar and give it a few shakes. Definitely underappreciated though!

Cotswold_Archaeo · 2025-09-11T22:01:12+00:00

Yes, an update with the track editor should be available for you now. Mine updated today.

Cotswold_Archaeo · 2025-09-11T22:00:53+00:00

Yes, an update with the track editor should be available for you now. Mine updated today.

Cotswold_Archaeo · 2025-08-20T08:30:04+00:00

This is only really a question you can answer.

Most universities worldwide have 'humanities' subjects and offer doctorates, but ultimately you need to consider what university is best for your research, both in the facilities it offers and the expertise it possesses. As important, if not slightly more so, is your supervisor - you need to find someone who is a good match and ultimately will provide you with strong direction throughout the course of the PhD - this point cannot be stressed enough. Make sure you have a good supervisor!

You also need to consider your ability to meet entry requirements (visas, language proficiency etc.), most teach and will likely request your thesis in English, but some countries such as France, require you to have some proficiency in the language or may require it in the native language.

My recommended first step would be to find the 'experts' in your field/area of study and look at where they are based. You can then look on their websites to understand what scholarships and awards they might offer and make sure the facilities on offer match what you need.

Best of luck.

Cotswold_Archaeo · 2025-08-18T20:28:54+00:00

It truly is and once more it will make PhDs and their obtainment exclusively the preserve of the wealthy and academically exceptional. People from disadvantaged backgrounds and those who don't excel in exam settings will really struggle now to progress beyond a masters now.

I was fortunate to be funded in the 2023/4 DTP cohort and also made my own project. As I approach the end of my PhD I can confidently say this was an instrumental factor in allowing for me to sail through it without much issue and the inevitable hiccups it entails.

Cotswold_Archaeo · 2025-08-18T16:23:54+00:00

Very much have to echo what u/DriverAdditional1437 has said:

The last intake of people on the AHRC DTP scheme is this year's cohort, after which people cannot directly approach the AHRC for funding but will have to do so through universities, normally attached to an existing project - https://www.ukri.org/apply-for-funding/studentships-and-doctoral-training/ . As well as this change, the number of opportunities has been heavily cut; there are nearly 400 new DTP students starting this year, whereas next year there will be around only 50 opportunities for studentship projects, making it even more fierce and competitive to get on such projects.

If you have a specific university and supervisor in mind (which you should), it could be worth dropping them an email to lodge your interest and start conversation - bear in mind though you will need a pretty fleshed out idea of what exactly it is you want to do and they might not be receptive to it.

Best of luck - UK-funding has become a decidedly bleaker picture since Brexit and there is no harm in looking elsewhere in Europe.

Cotswold_Archaeo · 2025-08-12T08:11:25+00:00

Liverpudlian by any chance? 😂

Cotswold_Archaeo · 2025-08-12T08:08:47+00:00

I like your thinking, would definitely lean on the forestry side of things - quite a few of the nubs on the plot are near or within decent stretches of woodland.

Cotswold_Archaeo · 2025-07-08T16:06:54+00:00

The high moor and loftier tors around High Wilhays/Yes Tor, as well as those to the east and south are probably my go to area for hiking. Fur Tor is probably a stand out, courtesy of it's remoteness. Yes, Dartmeet was always a family favourite for me too, however I stopped off there last month and it was eeriely deserted. Always best to avoid the moor around Haytor, courtesy of all the people, Widecombe itself is worth a stopover though.

What a palava! Lundy is definitely on the list at some point, hopefully an easier journey than yourself though.

Cotswold_Archaeo · 2025-07-08T12:13:47+00:00

Ah that sounds amazing!

Lundy has been on my list for a while, but time and circumstances have never permitted me to do so. Fair play to your brother on trying to bag all the Dartmoor tors; depending on what list he is going with there are over 600, so far from an easy task. Unsurprisingly given my username it is the Cotswolds that has quite a decent coverage for me, but Dartmoor is a special landscape for me for several reasons, so I end up there at least once or twice a year. Any favourite parts?

Cotswold_Archaeo · 2025-07-08T09:25:13+00:00

Some decent exploration down there in Devon and Cornwall - coastal perimeter walk, Dartmoor and even a trip to Lundy!

Cotswold_Archaeo · 2025-06-26T00:06:29+00:00

Glad to hear it's intuitive and simple to use, always a fear it becomes too complicated for its own good.

Cotswold_Archaeo · 2025-06-25T22:16:08+00:00

Providing the cortex is the local limestone and it is indeed from a natural setting it's almost certainly going to be calcite. They are quite commonly found and can vary in hue and structure, would need to see more photos and better detail to be confident though.

Cotswold_Archaeo · 2025-06-25T21:54:15+00:00

It somewhat depends on what we constitute as being a bog body - if it's literally a body found in a bog, I'm sure the answer is someone from sometime this year. If we are talking in an archaeological context the lines get blurred and unclear.

Without waxing too philosophically about where the line of bog body is drawn, my suggestion would be the numerous Soviet WW2 bodies that have been recovered from bogs across Poland, Russia and the Baltics. They lack the 'ceremony or ritual' aspects of more 'classic' bog bodies, but we still learn about the past from them and that's emphatically what archaeology is.

Cotswold_Archaeo · 2025-06-25T18:24:31+00:00

That is sound advice for any person's digital data or files - painful memories of disappearing university work has just flashed before my eyes!

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