Hi everyone! The day after my crag climbing there was a diversion from the Wall for a couple of reasons: with rain in the forecast, I wasn’t keen on being on slippery rock crags and on high ground - lightning magnet; and I really wanted to see Vindolanda, one of the most significant Roman artifact sites in the world. My hosts Ian and Kate told me I would regret missing that site. So, I decided it was Roman Fort day! Here are some highlights from each of the forts.
Vindolanda is an active archeological site. Apparently, there is perhaps 200 more years of digging to do given what has been seen on ground surveys. It has the largest collection of Roman shoes, wigs, and paper! Given these items are 1800-1900 years old, that is impressive. I certainly have seen older items elsewhere, but this still gets the history fiend in me excited.
Was it going to rain? Here were the clouds…
I then went to Houseseads fort…apparently my iPad hasn’t imported all pics from my phone. More ruins, so you get the idea.the last fort was Chester’s Fort which had a spectacular museum and cool ruins of baths.
I was picked by my next host, Dave and got to snuggle with a dog, Sashy:
Hard to take the selfie…lol! She was on me for 30 minutes and we played after dinner.
See you tomorrow!
M
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