Day 3

Well the rain stayed off most of the day and we made good progress and
saw some large sections of the ditch and valum, and at the end of the
day we visited Chesters roman fort which was quite an impressive
structure with a large part of the walls remaining in particular the bath house which has particulaly high sections remaining. We also found a very nice oasis at St Oswalds tea shop where we had a very nice cup of tea and baked potato for lunch which was quite fortunate as the previous place where it showed a tea stop symbol was closed and we were to early for the pub! We also got to see the first real visible remains of a mile castle (19) although covered in turf still obviously visible, although stood on it was a group of cows, which looked quite amusing as though they were gaurding it! Tomorrow the hilly sections begin!



Cows gaurding Milecastle number 19



Bath house at Chesters, possible lockers for the soldiers clothing before entering the bathing rooms.