Swords, Skirts and Stunning Scenery

I spent the weekend dressed as a Romanised British woman cooking pork, apple and juniper berries in red wine over a fire while Andy paraded about in a red skirt topped with armour.  Why relatively sane adults would want to do something this bizarre is what  I’ve been asking myself over the past few weeks since we agreed to help some Roman re-enacting friends who were involved in a living history display on Hadrian’s Wall.  In actual fact, the event was interesting with both days well attended by enthusiastic visitors keen to see life as it was in Roman Britain.