I was put onto this site in the middle of the night on Canadian radio. As you are all world travellers I am quite sure this will be invaluable to you!
I have already spent (wasted) an hour looking at it.
Fantastic new travel site
I was put onto this site in the middle of the night on Canadian radio. As you are all world travellers I am quite sure this will be invaluable to you!
I have already spent (wasted) an hour looking at it.
Boadicea's Chariot 
Perhaps someone can bake it go blue please! (stet Freudian slip!!)
Oh dear, never mind, they shouldn’t let me loose on these machines!
There you go Mrs O, no sooner said then done 🙂
CO, what larks and thanks for the link.
Hours of endless fun are going to to be had by me. 26.5 days from Rome to Hadrian’s Wall on horseback at this time of year. Mind, the road seems to stop there for some reason.
Typical, What did the bloody Romans ever do for us Jocks?
Well, they did build us a nice big wall at the bottom of the garden, JM.
It does look interesting, thank you. I’ll add it to my list.
Well played, Sheona. Definitely a smiley thing or seven.
it all makes perfect sense when you remember that we have Ferrets at the bottom of our garden.
I always wondered where that expression came from.
Well, they DID manage to keep the English away from the island for a little while at least.
Thought someone would like that one!
Nine days from Chepstow to London! Nearly as good as British Rail!
Thank you soutie!
Christophert, well met by moonlight.
Trying to stay awake to watch my new hero and proud Olympian Brit, Andy Murray, cruising through to the last 8 in the US Open. It’ll probably end in tears.
Totally wrong analysis of the Roman effect on Britain, with the utmost respect. We had this strong and vibrant Celtic (seriously and really hard ‘K’ sound for that and not a trace of an ‘S’ of any sort) community burgeoning in this blessed isle. We were telling our tales, singing our dark, complex songs, putting up our standing stones, sacrificing an occasional virgin with Druidic sickles and getting seriously into mistletoe, woad and trade with the Phoenicians.
Along came the bloody Romans with their straight roads, codified laws, mosaic floors, baths and psychopathic lack of respect for the other chap’s point of view. Seriously duffed us up and drove us into our mountain fastnesses. Then they only went and buggered off back to Rome leaving a power vacuum which was filled by knuckle-dragging savages from Jutland and similar points North.
I often wonder how different, happier and more civilised the world would have been if the Romans and the Celts (incredibly hard ‘K’) had got their act together instead of squabbling as they did.
Many, many, many smilies and I don’t mean a word of it. Simply passing time and happy to accept incoming from any Saxons, Jutes or Angles who are passing
C’mon Andy!
JM for those iniquities you are not riding horseback, you are going by ox cart! Think of the denarii left in your vestigial sporran!!!
CO, it’s a fair cop. At least let me have a well-packed donkey?
I find the grain one fascinating. Cheaper to bring grain from Sicily and the maritime parts of North Africa and Spain than it was from the other side of the Italian mainland.
And the land v sea travel. Very much quicker to go to Carthage than it was to get to Verona,
The whole site really is fascinating. Thanks again.
Mackie: it’s quite alright, we Germans did eventually take over. Eventually our cousins
just gave themselves a new name. As for how to say “Celtic”. Of course it’s Keltic, not Seltic.
What else can one expect from a word that originates from the Greek Keltoi?
Ha, brilliant Christina – only 46 days from London to Paphos if I make use of my military connections and use fast military craft 🙂
Thanks, CO! Only 26.5 days from Roma to Eburacum (Slacky country) – mostly over water and avoiding the Germanic hordes! 🙂
Built a great big wall to keep you out 🙂
Great site.
I’m inclined to agree with JM – Roman so-called-civilisation has been vastly over-rated! Bully-boys the lot of ’em!
Mrs. CO @8 One always had to change at Glevum of course.. BTW Venta (Augustus) is Caerwent, Chepstow is a much finer place (and the birthplace of many delightful people) about six miles to the East.
There you are, that one kept you all amused and off the streets!