ROMAN VINDOLANDA

I have returned from my (almost annual) research trip to the Roman fort of Vindolanda in Northumberland, and to be honest, I hadn't realised how cold England's Northumberland would be in April!!! I shudder to think how the Romans survived without thermal underwear and waterproof over trousers! It was COLD!

Experiencing that cold will certainly be dictating how the rest of the Ithaca time travel trilogy pans out!

Below are a selection of photos from my two weeks volunteering. As always, it was the most magical time, apart from the chill in the air. Meeting people from around the world and uncovering history layer-by-layer is a real bucket list thing for me.

The last image, from the museum at Vindolanda, is the duck my daughter found in 2022 when she came to Vindolanda with me for two weeks. “Mum, I’m famous!”.

The most perfect thing is that anyone can volunteer, as long as you can move a wheelbarrow and wield a trowel. All the details are available on the Vindolanda website - Roman Vindolanda