VENI, VIDI, AMBULAVI* *I CAME, I SAW, I WALKED

A 26 mile trek across the Lake District might seem like quite an undertaking. Two thousand years ago it was all in a day’s work.

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“It was a road that ran high over mountains to avoid potential ambush in the valleys below” 1 NORTH OF THE EMPIRE What have the Romans ever done for us? Well, quite a lot as it happens. I’m not going to list it all here; watch Monty Python’s Life of Brian if you’re really keen to find out. But in England’s rugged North-West, much of what they did centred on keeping the locals and the face-painted barbarians from the wildernesses north of ‘the wall’ under control. They built forts and constructed roads so the garrisons of legionaries could get about. Back in the day (and I don’t mean when vinyl was king; I’m talking 1st century here), Penrith was a key hub of Roman activity – something to remember next time you’re just…

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Trail United Kingdom (Digital) - 1 Issue, August 2016

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