4th century Authentic March

[FAVENTIANVS]

I'm turning my 4 years old nephew, Roell to Roman too...

He's not crying at the pic! It's just the sun on his face... 8)

[Arthes]

I'm turning my 4 years old nephew, Roell to Roman too...

He's not crying at the pic! It's just the sun on his face... 8)

Another good looking boy for matchmaking.....lol
Are you sure you don't have him by the collar saying 'behave'.... :roll: :lol:
regards
Arthes

[Robert Vermaat]

I bet he always gets his way when he looks like that.....lol
A good looking little boy you have there.....
Maybe we should do some matchmaking with Aitor's little girl in a few years :roll:

Thanks!
roll:
Aitor? Do we need to make some arrangements yet?

[Robert Vermaat]

Another good looking boy for matchmaking.....lol
Are you sure you don't have him by the collar saying 'behave'.... :roll: :lol:
regards
Arthes

That's what I was thinking when I saw the picture - Faventianus the schoolmaster! D

[Mithras]

That's great! I'm glad you had some success. As you said, your shelter does look a little cramped... its amazing what you can do with so little.

Hope the weather was kind to you.

OK, I promised to keep you posted.

We-ell...
Considering I did not bring enough rope, fabric or knowledge of knots.. I think we did just fine.I think it was a nice little shelter, when with enough canvas it would even have been cosy. the method of securing it with just a thong, a pebble and a little stick worked like a dream. With my francisca doubling as a hammer I nailed it down perfectly.

[Robert Vermaat]

That's great! I'm glad you had some success. As you said, your shelter does look a little cramped... its amazing what you can do with so little.
Hope the weather was kind to you.

I had just a few metres of wool with me, and that was nowhere wide enough for the purpose. But for a one-man shelter, it would have worked (with appropriate fabric, like canvas, of course).
The weather was fine!

So..when will you be going on that march?

[FAVENTIANVS]

I hope I can teach him the best.

[Mithras]

So..when will you be going on that march?

8 days. In armour. Oh no! I can feel the hobnails through my calcei already.

[Robert Vermaat]

You shouldn't wear hobnails then, it's not compulsory for our period... :twisted:

[Mithras]

I do have some sandals I can wear if the boots come apart (I made them ...). But they are very thin, not great for walking the wall up and down those high crags.

Hey, no pain, no gain! I'm sure everything will be fine. We're just debating the fine points of food, what to take, what to eat in camp the night before, how much alcohol to take for the Saturday nigh - how to carry it hock:

I will take pictures.

[Mithras]

The 2 day walk on Hadrian's Wall is over - and the three Late Roman soldiers survived!

Feel free to read about it (and see a few pictures) at: [url:jrcpvake]http://www.geocities.com/zozergames/roman6.html[/url]

What an experience!!!!! :roll: hock: :lol:

[Robert Vermaat]

What an adventure!
Thanks, Paul, for sharing all of that with us.
A quick question - why the shoe over the spearhead? Is that for reasons of preservation or law?

[Lvcivs Commodvs Cicero]

Paul,

I second Valerivs' comments and think your march is great! I reaaly like the descriptions of details that you go into as well as the photos.

Thanks for the great tips too.

Dave

[Crispvs]

When eighteen of us marched the length of the Wall last year in full kit with full equipment no-one raised any objections. Even on those days when we marched light we still carried all of our weapons and there was never any hint from the authorities that this might be any problem.

Well done on your effort by the way. I know just how tough some parts of your march must have been.

Crispvs

[Peroni]

Crispvs,

Even on those days when we marched light we still carried all of our weapons and there was never any hint from the authorities that this might be any problem.

This was because all local police were notified of our intentions and programme months prior to the walk.

Regards,