Towards the end of July the YakYak group from Tullie House walked the Hadrian's Wall Trail. Yak Yak is Tullie's group for 14 to 19 year olds (see http://www.tulliehouse.co.uk/yak-yak ). They began at Bowness-on-Solway and by the time they reached Once Brewed they had been joined by BMuse, a similar group from the British Museum. Here they had a day free from walking to visit Vindolanda and then to join me and Gaius the Potter (Graham Taylor from Potted History) for a afternoon of Roman Army Activities.
The courtyard outside the Youth Hostel rang to shouts of "Poro!" and "sin-dex-sin-dex" as they drilled, they tried the armour and weapons and discovered a little about the soldiers that garrisoned the places they explored on their trek. Graham Taylor from Potted History ran a pottery workshop where they group made mini altars to be fired and delivered later.
A few days later the group successfully completed the journey to Segedunum, you can read all about it on their Blog (visit http://www.yakyakonthewall.wordpress.com/ )
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