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#2,491
12-19-2010, 08:33 PM
And a week later, from a Camel we got into snow...

Juan van der Roest (left) and me with my Imp. gallic D helmet (crest slot still has to be added, so not crista transverse)
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#2,492
12-19-2010, 09:00 PM
Excellent Jurjen! Good to have someone to take the pics!
If I wasn't getting over the flu, I would be out testing my kit today too!
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#2,493
12-19-2010, 09:03 PM
Quote:If I wasn't getting over the flu, I would be out testing my kit today too!

Ow, we had a regular gig today. If the weather stays like this, I think I'm going to have a 15km march in the forest tomorrow Big Grin
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12-19-2010, 09:07 PM
Everything grinds to a halt here....better the snow than rain.
14 week wait for snow tires here in Aberdeen....only 4 in Edinburgh....guess they roll them up here one by one by hand!!
i would still kit up for the hell of it, but probably get arrested here!
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12-19-2010, 09:08 PM
Great pictures. I am finding the soles of my boots plus socks are fine for keeping out the cold and the damp, but my boot uppers, from whatever period I happen to be doing, are just letting in the cold. The uppers are not as thick as the sole, and the tops of my feet are just getting cold.
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12-20-2010, 03:48 AM
Quote:guess they roll them up here one by one by hand
No, they carry them up one at a time on their single camel. It's gonna be a long winter's night, brother. Keep your feet dry and your grog nearby.
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#2,497
12-20-2010, 08:02 AM
nice pics Jurjen and Juan, sad i couldn't make because of 20 cm of snow, it but we have a rerun sometimes soon?
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12-22-2010, 07:02 PM
I went up to the tower today (the roads were finally good enough) and my son Jeroen (10) took some pictures. It was not very cold (no wind) and my feet remained fairly dry despite 20cm of snow.

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12-22-2010, 07:09 PM
Wow, great pics Robert! Winter is the season of real men and not civil cervants and skinny clerks, dammit :twisted: !!!
Btw, you seem to have a new tunic...
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12-22-2010, 10:06 PM
Superb!!!! if I could laudes, I would!
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12-22-2010, 10:42 PM
Very nice. And yes, new tunic?
Is it plaid or quilted?
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12-22-2010, 10:50 PM
Thanks guys. No, not a new tunic, just the woolen 'Germanic' one which I don't wear very often.
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12-24-2010, 09:58 PM
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12-24-2010, 10:00 PM
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12-24-2010, 10:35 PM
Quote:Thanks guys. No, not a new tunic, just the woolen 'Germanic' one which I don't wear very often.


Like that tunic alot...why dont you wear it very often? Not cold enough for it? May I ask where you got it or how you made it?

Definately "Limes Wear"! Big Grin

Ooh, and plumbata too! May I ask which source you used for the length of the shaft on those?
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