This is true!
besoeker ha so it is a real trail then. now you got me mixxing up roman ridge and hadrians wall on the same map. i always figured hadrian was just a guy on the history channel. sitting here with coffee poking the forum again this morning. more history than i planned for before breakfast
realspeed ha fill in the puddles. if the romans were still around maybe theyd do my driveway for free. i dont think they take chips as payment tho
spitfire those look fancy. mine come out of a bag that says something about ranch. yours look like they got dressed up for sunday
And have you traveled very far?
Far as the eye can see
a line from The Beatles Baby Youâre A rich Man.
Hi Mr G. Yes, another bit of British history. We had a stroll along the Roman Ridge with the wee dog this afternoon - itâs close to where we live. One of the features of the Roman roads is that they pretty straight. Iâm not a history buff - we just what see with our own eyes.
Modern Romans are not so good at building roads anymore, this is the state of the roads in the Capital today. Rome is the city with the worst in the country. 
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besoeker ha a stroll with the wee dog and a photo. that looks nicer than my friday so far. those roads really do go straight huh. i keep looking at that picture like its gonna explain itself. still sitting here with coffee before i get real food
d00d ha is that a beatles thing. i only know the ones that play in grocery stores. farthest for me is still the mailbox. eye can see about to the neighbors fence from there and thats about it
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rose2 ha even they cant keep the roads fixed now. my street has a couple holes that look about like that. figured the people who invented roads would be better at it
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Rome wasnât built in a day.
anon.
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Hi Mr G. The straight road is called Ermine Street. It about 192 miles and travels from London to York and it was built by the Romans. And this is the wee dog posing on the Roman Rig:
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If I may be so bold GrovewalkerâŠ
Hadrian was a Roman Emperor who in AD 122 started construction of âHadrianâs Wallâ to keep the Scots outâŠBut some got through like Besoeker, and personally Iâm glad they didâŠHeâs a good egg and a good mateâŠ
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And you too, Mr Fox !!
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d00d ha is anon another one of those secret codes. or is that just somebody who doesnt want to put their name on it. either way they got a point about the roads
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besoeker ha ermine street. i was thinking of the little animal with the white coat. 192 miles thats a long walk even for the wee dog. he looks like he knows that trail better than i know my own driveway. still sitting in the same chair this afternoon poking the forum
oldgreyfox ha so hadrian was the boss not just a history channel guy. that clears up one thing at least. and yeah besoeker seems like a good egg from over here too. glad some of them got through
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Of coursethe USA has vertually no history worth mentioning before a couple of hundred years . So when they do visit the UK where ever you go History stares you in the face with our castles old towns etc
I live in what is termed 1066 country, with the battle of Hastings 2 towns away from where we live. Local pubs may well be hundreds of years old with very low ceilings. That is for a reason to keep the warmth in during tghe winters. Mamy also have a history of smugglers who used them .
Just look at comments from USA visitors to the UK on youtube
Ah, she is such a delight. More Romans. visited Recently we had friends here from Georgia and they visited a few historical places. One was Bath.
The Roman Baths in Somerset, England, are a remarkably preserved ancient spa and temple complex built around the cityâs natural hot thermal springs.
Yes, more history!
Outer wall surrounding Pevensey Castle near me
Begun in about AD 290, Pevensey was the biggest of the Roman âSaxon Shoreâ fortresses. Its hugely impressive walls, more than 500 metres (1,640 feet) long, still stand almost to their full height. Here, in 1066, William the Conqueror landed to begin his invasion of England, building a fortress within the Roman defences.
The very first screen shows what now is a pub called " The Smugglers" for a good reason. one pub we do go to, notice the low windows and old houses on the left going back hundreds of years
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