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Roman Roads @romanroads.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

I bet. I shall be spending some time with that once I'm back home

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Roman Roads @romanroads.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Excellent. Usual search for the bath house disguised as looking at the military annex again?

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Roman Roads @romanroads.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

And the Eildon Hills will do nicely for hillfort Wednesday too. Didn't take a pic because I'm a bit crap like that

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Roman Roads @romanroads.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Finally got to @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social museum today - what a little gem. Even did the VR thing which was very good. Like how they've done that. Going into the fort made you realise things like how big the walls would have been. Also fascinating to see how historiography changes as well

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Roman Roads @romanroads.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Sorry, been busy and not Roman-ing much. Everyone ok? Good to see @offorts.bsky.social, our chums at Castleshaw are here *waves*

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Roman Roads @romanroads.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Which is an old golfing retort of mine

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Roman Roads @romanroads.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Grimly windy now so I think I'll snuggle up in bed with my cheap Odyssey

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Roman Roads @romanroads.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Oh, that's lovely stuff. Looks so bright when it's freshly cut. Multangular tower is also built of it - that and the Minster must have looked so imposing when new. I mean, they are pretty imposing now but we're more used to that stuff

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Roman Roads @romanroads.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Is that the limestone local to Taddy?

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Roman Roads @romanroads.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Sigh. More interesting things to get utterly distracted by. I'll just get myself a coffee before perusing

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Roman Roads @romanroads.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

On it. Thanks for pointing out another website of absolute wormholery

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Roman Roads @romanroads.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

It's our last talk of the season this coming Thursday (March 26) evening. We've now caught up a bit so all the previous talks are available on YouTbe as well. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/on-the-roa...

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On the road in the Western Roman Empire, by Prof. Tony King

Tony King takes a look at some of the settlements that developed along Roman roads from Italy, through Gaul, and finally to Britain.

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Roman Roads @romanroads.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Chuck Norris and Jenni Murray. There's a combination

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Roman Roads @romanroads.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Yes, wet and wild when I went. Yet I have been in the local area in lovely weather, just not at the Hermitage

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Roman Roads @romanroads.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

It's ace, isn't it? But slightly unreal.

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Roman Roads @romanroads.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Phew. It's odd to think how different those two occurrences are, and yet how potentially devastating.

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Roman Roads @romanroads.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

I am always tempted by books. It's one of my downfalls. Or a delightful characteristic. I'm not sure

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Roman Roads @romanroads.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

These look fab 😍However, I must not buy any more books. No, I really mustn't. They need a good home - who will be that person?

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Roman Roads @romanroads.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Not always. I once chased a click round a bike and it was the chain link that had worn. To be fair, there was actually a lot clicking and creaking on that particular bike.

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Roman Roads @romanroads.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

May you have a random click that could be a pedal, might be your BB, possibly something to do with your chain, but is also intermittent so is doubly hard to track down.

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Roman Roads @romanroads.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

If you've ever missed any of our talks, most of them are on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@romanroadsr... Many points of discussion included. Such as what are the state of Mike Haken's curtains? That's a timeless classic.

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Roman Roads Research Association

Welcome to the Roman Roads Research Association's You Tube Channel. The Roman Roads Research Association is the only organization in the world devoted to the study of Roman roads, not just in Britain...

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Roman Roads @romanroads.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Ah, yes, same chap who chatted to us a few weeks ago. Very interesting indeed

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Roman Roads @romanroads.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Double digging is quite a bastard as far as I'm concerned

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Roman Roads @romanroads.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

I think we had it covered (sort of ) with fantasy. Much fantasy

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Roman Roads @romanroads.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

I'm intrigued. Is that body paint designed to look like armour? Or armour designed to look like abs of steel?

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Roman Roads @romanroads.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

I think I was supposed to be vacuuming the stairs

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Roman Roads @romanroads.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Nosying at maps, as one does, before this evening's talk around Bicester. It's not an area I know at all, so I've been sucked into all sorts of connected wormholes of military railways, DMVs (do we still call them that?), roads of all ages, just all sorts of interesting stuff

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Roman Roads @romanroads.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

RR160 runs (partly) between Bicester and Towcester. A finer example of 'names utterly confusing unless you've heard them pronounced by a local' I can't think of.

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Roman Roads @romanroads.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Next talk, the one that was postponed, is now tomorrow (Thu 26th Feb) evening. Tix: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/conquest-a... Apparently it was 'unforeseen circumstances' that caused its postponement rather than any of the splendidly creative reasons you came up with. Shame but looks like a good talk

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Conquest and Change in the Hinterland of Roman Alchester, by Becky Haslam

Becky Haslam will talk about AOC's excavations that revealed the development of the hinterland of the Roman town of Alchester

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Roman Roads @romanroads.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

I'm sure I've heard that line somewhere before

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Roman Roads @romanroads.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Good answer. Pretty much covers it. 'Let's have it this wide.' 'Naw, needs to be narrower than that mate.' 'What are we building it of? 'Where do you want these forts/towers putting?' Which are all reasons it's such as fascinating thing.

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Roman Roads @romanroads.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Yeah, but Sardinian warbler. That's pretty good

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Roman Roads @romanroads.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

PS Don't forget Saint Valentine (possibly two of the many) was buried next to the Via Flaminia. See, romance and Roman roads all together.

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Roman Roads @romanroads.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

It's sunshiny and mild. Get outside. Stop looking at the your phones/laptops/other electronic devices talking to people online you've never met but have the same niche interests as you. Go and find some snowdrops.

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Roman Roads @romanroads.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Note to self. Love a bit of Mercia

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Rory Naismith @rorynaismith.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

For anyone who's interested @waterstones.bsky.social is running a special pre-order offer (no pun intended) on my new book about King Offa of Mercia, valid from Friday 20 Feb. eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

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Roman Roads @romanroads.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

True though. Thursdays can be weird

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Roman Roads @romanroads.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

So treacherous round Lincoln. Can never predict what's going to go wrong next

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Roman Roads @romanroads.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

It's likely I think. Common enough occurrence historically

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Roman Roads @romanroads.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Yesterday I mentioned our next talk was Feb 19th. That's currently postponed. More when I have more info. Meanwhile feel free to speculate why as that is apparently what the internet is for. Free reposts for the most imaginative suggestion based on no facts whatsoever.

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Roman Roads @romanroads.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Barnsley often crosses lines. Its well known for it. That doll would be more convincing with a Barnsley accent

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Roman Roads @romanroads.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

We've got another talk coming up. Conquest and Change in the Hinterland of Roman Alchester: impact, development and legacy from Becky Haslam of the AOC Archaeology group Thursday 19 Feb at 7.30 online. Tix: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/conquest-a...

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Conquest and Change in the Hinterland of Roman Alchester, by Becky Haslam

Becky Haslam will talk about AOC's excavations that revealed the development of the hinterland of the Roman town of Alchester

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Roman Roads @romanroads.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

What a useful document. (Hang on, is that the right phrase, just let me check)

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