The BiG Roman Fort Build. 24th-27th August 2018.

[tin shed gamer]

If your stuck for something to do this Bank holiday weekend. Then you might want  to Visits Past in the Park outside the Village of Hope near Chester.
The site is open to the public. The museum isn't technically open(on account of you having to build it.)
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The official website is terrible finding anything about the event is awful. You have go to latest events  click on the small menu icon above the word Blog. Then that drop down menu has Roman fort build hidden away on it.Then you have to follow that. To find very little more than this artist impression of the finished fort.
 
How do I know its actually on? One of my hats says something waffling about  museum displays. All so I'm supposed to be there but I can't make it. my friends have gone.
The thing that makes it interesting for you chaps is . That its being built by dozens of Roman re enactments groups, all have been asked to wear their kit,and bring their period camps. Theirs talk of put on displays on an evening(I can see this fading away after a second days labour as there's a lot of office desk jockeys amongst them .Having done similar stuff getting, out of your pit the next morning should prove interesting for some .)
Still if you don't manage to go its going to take a lot longer than a bank holiday weekend end to build. So there will be plenty to keep an eye out for.

Mark
 

[Sir_Theo]

I'm going to this on Sunday hopefully. I've heard good things about the park in general but haven't made it there yet. Looking forward to it!

[The Dozing Dragon]

Thanks for this.

Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/parkinthepast/

Website -http://parkinthepast.org.uk/

Looks pretty exciting.

[Verderer]

The minis are lovely, but the flat look of the MDF buildings is always disappointing.... hang on?! [SQUINT]

 

[The Dozing Dragon]

Attended on Monday. Quiet start as they'd called off the previous day due to the rain and had been partying hard at night apparently 

Thoroughly enjoyable morning, experimental archaeology in progress and great to watch. I do recommend a visit to this project at some point and, if you feel like, join them online and possibly donate a little to help them along.

http://www.parkinthepast.org.uk/restoring-the-past

[tin shed gamer]

Party would be an understatement. I was the only one fit for Stav. Last night . Still on the bright side two and half hour training with an instructor,and a master. On my tod means I am very aware of which bits of mats the cleaner missed. .
One Tony and Ross remember what they did with the company camera I'll hopefully find some pictures I can post that don't incriminate anyone.
Mark.