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<p>[QUOTE="IanG, post: 4890657, member: 109252"]Talking of Hadrian, a friend and I walked Hadrian's Wall a couple of years ago and came across this chap who was walking the Wall for charity dressed as a Roman legionary. He tried to make the outfit as authentic as possible and even had the chain mail specially made in Germany at a cost of £600. I tried it on one evening when we were staying at the same place and it weighed 20 kilos! He walked about 90 miles in 5 days over some rough terrain and a couple of the days were horrible - strong wind and driving rain.[ATTACH=full]1180287[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Many of you will know but for those who don't Hadrian's Wall was built by Hadrian from 122 AD and stretched across the North of England from coast to coast. A lot of the wall no longer exists but some of the parts that do remain are very spectacular - see below.[ATTACH=full]1180298[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I took my Hadrian denarius along for the ride which was a source of great fascination to many of the people we met on our travels. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1180303[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="IanG, post: 4890657, member: 109252"]Talking of Hadrian, a friend and I walked Hadrian's Wall a couple of years ago and came across this chap who was walking the Wall for charity dressed as a Roman legionary. He tried to make the outfit as authentic as possible and even had the chain mail specially made in Germany at a cost of £600. I tried it on one evening when we were staying at the same place and it weighed 20 kilos! He walked about 90 miles in 5 days over some rough terrain and a couple of the days were horrible - strong wind and driving rain.[ATTACH=full]1180287[/ATTACH] Many of you will know but for those who don't Hadrian's Wall was built by Hadrian from 122 AD and stretched across the North of England from coast to coast. A lot of the wall no longer exists but some of the parts that do remain are very spectacular - see below.[ATTACH=full]1180298[/ATTACH] I took my Hadrian denarius along for the ride which was a source of great fascination to many of the people we met on our travels. [ATTACH=full]1180303[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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