A visit to Vindolanda
Oct. 1st, 2017 08:59 pmAs I said, D. was visiting us last week. He spent a couple of days making visits further afield, but ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
durham_rambler and I also took a couple of days off, so that we could do fun things together. On Wednesday we returned to see the Cathedral's Open Treasure, now complete with actual treasures of Saint Cuthbert and much improved thereby. No pictures, because photography is not allowed - except in one alcove, where robes are provided in both children's and adult sizes, so that you can photograph each other dressed as monks. Perhaps, I suggested, I could dress up as a monk and then just happen to be standing next to this hogback tomb carved in the likeness of two bears? But the attendant was firm: only in that alcove there. While we were in town I took a couple of pictures of the new floral decorations, but my camera card has died, so I can't post those either...
However. Last Saturday was the last day of the visit, and D. suggested we go to Vindolanda, a Roman fort and settlement just south of the Wall. Sincedurham_rambler and I had not been there for a very long time (longer than we realised, it turns out) that's what we did. It was there that my card gave out, but since it happened quite early in the day and durham_rambler had a spare card I could borrow, damage was limited. Just to tempt you, this is probably my favourite of the pictures I took that day:
The hills in the background, a hint of the vicus in the foreground (I've no idea what the round stone with the hole in it is) and in between the masonry of the fort wall, with that distinctive playing-card corner.
( Want more? Under the cut! )
durham_rambler and I also took a couple of days off, so that we could do fun things together. On Wednesday we returned to see the Cathedral's Open Treasure, now complete with actual treasures of Saint Cuthbert and much improved thereby. No pictures, because photography is not allowed - except in one alcove, where robes are provided in both children's and adult sizes, so that you can photograph each other dressed as monks. Perhaps, I suggested, I could dress up as a monk and then just happen to be standing next to this hogback tomb carved in the likeness of two bears? But the attendant was firm: only in that alcove there. While we were in town I took a couple of pictures of the new floral decorations, but my camera card has died, so I can't post those either...However. Last Saturday was the last day of the visit, and D. suggested we go to Vindolanda, a Roman fort and settlement just south of the Wall. Since
durham_rambler and I had not been there for a very long time (longer than we realised, it turns out) that's what we did. It was there that my card gave out, but since it happened quite early in the day and durham_rambler had a spare card I could borrow, damage was limited. Just to tempt you, this is probably my favourite of the pictures I took that day:The hills in the background, a hint of the vicus in the foreground (I've no idea what the round stone with the hole in it is) and in between the masonry of the fort wall, with that distinctive playing-card corner.
( Want more? Under the cut! )
