At one time Wroxeter was the fourth largest town in Roman Britain with an estimated population of 5000 at it’s height.
In the mid-19th century excavations at the site revealed the public baths. The baths were constructed between AD 120 and 150 to a standard plan that was used throughout the western part of the Roman empire.
Bathing played a very important place in Roman life, not only for cleanliness but also for socialising, meeting friends, doing business, exercising and playing games.
For more of this weeks PhotoHunt pictures check out tnchick.
PS: An update on the time warp anomaly. It seems that my post for last week HAS appeared this week…
Curiouser and curiouser said Alice!!
Tags: English Heritage, PhotoHunt, Roman Baths, Wroxeter Roman City
After leaving Malham it was too early to go straight home so there was a detour via Tatton Park to have a picnic lunch and enjoy the gardens. The picnic lunch had been made up at Beck House and the sandwiches were delicious.
I have visited Tatton Park before so I already have photographs of the place. This being the case I decided that I would take all of the photos using my macro lens.
Tags: Cheshire, Cheshire East Council, Macro Lens, National Trust, Tatton Park
On Saturday I attended a planned celebration trip to Alton Towers. I am not a fan of roller-coaster rides etc. but there were other opportunities there for me to enjoy 
The gardens were one of my enjoyments although I had to do a little detour when a group of (eight) Neanderthals were yelling to me from the other side of the small lake… I am sure they were just being stupid on the way through the garden to their next adventure in the theme park, but it would have been unwise of me as a lone female to take any chances. Survival techniques kicked in and I retreated into the tree line out of sight.
I was supposed to meet up with the rest of my party for lunch. I went back to an easy to find location close to where the others were so I could meet them after they had finished on their ride, after much queuing… The signposting and mapping are not great, you have be familiar with the park to understand how to get to everything.
They didn’t quite understand where I was waiting, which was a couple of minutes away. Things and timings got complicated so I suggested they did their own thing for lunch.
I caught up with them later
Sunday was supposed to be a chill out day but I found myself in the National Cold War exhibition.
Where did my weekend go :-/
Tags: Alton Towers, Cold war museum, Cosford, Theme Park
