Nina's Blog - Friday 8th August 2025

Friday 8th August 2025, 08:36

Today I'll visit Chester because I have a very specific bit of shopping to do and it's the nearest place i can do it.

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ninalanyon · 61-69, T

Friday 8th August 2025, 22:18

Some of the Roman things in the museum.

The Roman Fortress. A curious thing because it is not a picture but a sort of model. But unlike many models it is not designed to be viewed perpendicularly. If you do you can see that the barracks are not rectangular even though the real things certainly were.

The first thing you see when entering the museum

A memorial to a Roman optio

And here is a modern copy meant to be what it would have looked like close to two thousand years ago