Roman Military sites

[Quintius Clavus]

I, too, really enjoyed my visit to Caerleon - to walk among the barrack blocks of a legionary base was an awesome experience. Mind you, I was there a long time ago - 1978. Earlier in that same trip, I visited Housesteads Fort on Hadrian's Wall and walked a short stretch of the Wall with Professor Eric Birley - just the two of us. The weather contributed to the "atmosphere" of the place - very windy and clouds moving across the sky. He had to do a little persuading before the staff at Housesteads would let us walk the Wall due to those high winds. Of course, Vindolanda was wonderful, too, and Professor Birley introduced me to his son, Robin - I believe (my journal from that trip is at home) - who was in charge at Vindolanda at the time. Spending the two weeks with Eric Birley made it an especially memorable trip.
Visiting sites on the continent is still on my to-do list if I can ever afford to travel like that again - Kalkriese, Haltern and Xanten top my list. The Augustan period of the Roman Army and Augustus' German wars are of greatest interest to me.