Sturdy outdoor footwear and daysacks are recommended for anyone who wants to try their hand at archaeology this summer.

The Yorkshire Dales Young Archaeologists' Club (YDYAC) runs regular digging and discovery sessions every month at the Dales Countryside Musuem in Hawes, to educate people on the practice and how to improve skills.

A recent event to celebrate YDYAC's fifth birthday party brought together all the members as part of a medieval themed day, demonstrating shoe-making apothecary and archery.

Fiona Rosher, manager of the Dales Countryside Musuem, claimed that the club and its activities were becoming increasingly popular with young people across the area.

Ms Rosher added: "The club is a wonderful way in which young people can be inspired to investigate their local heritage."

Families can take budding archaeologists to visit a two-month dig currently taking place in York.

Located on the site of York Council's proposed multi-million pound headquarters, archaeologists are excavating Roman baths, and have so far uncovered hundreds of coins and pottery fragments.