Quote from: Ithoriel on 01 September 2020, 03:31:29 PM
..... but, speaking of memories, have I told you about watching the last legionaries embark as they left Britannia forever?

Alas, I was too young to have seen that. What a sight it must have been. But I vaguely remember it getting very dark afterwards.

Do you remember the Dux Murum, Tribune Trumpus, who loved the smell of hob-nailed boots in the morning (.. he used to say it smelled of ...... Victrix ... )? and the soldiers singing "I'm a Roman in the gloamin ...." as they tramped through the glens on their latest punitive expedition? Ah, the nostalgia. Good ol' Pax Romana.   



[btw, Mike, do you have your FOWW* syndrome under control now?]

* Falling Over Without Warning

Phil has photos of them going

Quote from: ianrs54 on 02 September 2020, 09:49:51 AM
Phil has photos of them going

Saw one of him the other day - He was helping to build Offa's Dyke.

You're just jealous 'cos I got Naughtius Maximus' autograph, before he went home.

Cheers - Phil.

Quote from: Westmarcher on 02 September 2020, 09:06:49 AM


Alas, I was too young to have seen that. What a sight it must have been. But I vaguely remember it getting very dark afterwards.

Do you remember the Dux Murum, Tribune Trumpus, who loved the smell of hob-nailed boots in the morning (.. he used to say it smelled of ...... Victrix ... )? and the soldiers singing "I'm a Roman in the gloamin ...." as they tramped through the glens on their latest punitive expedition? Ah, the nostalgia. Good ol' Pax Romana.   



[btw, Mike, do you have your FOWW* syndrome under control now?]

* Falling Over Without Warning

I don't know but I've been told,
That our eagle's made of gold

I don't know, I've heard it said,
Second's is just painted lead

One! Two! Three! Four!
Caesar beds another wh... Sorry Tribune! Silence in the ranks!

Sinister, dexter, sinister, dexter ..... 

As to the FOWW, thanks for asking, self isolation has meant that I'm never more than a few seconds from a chair. Getting sat down with head to knees turns FOWW into FALDFAMOT*


*Feeling A Little Dizzy For A Minute Or Two

That sounds better.....But that still sounds a bit iffy, Mike.

Have you been to the quack, recently ?

All the best - Phil