tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776165776368681924.post5578076682406795442..comments2024-02-23T01:06:31.301-08:00Comments on Zabadak's ZombieWorld: The Great HallZabadakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05649765350412145174noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776165776368681924.post-30537686370434992282022-11-22T06:55:31.176-08:002022-11-22T06:55:31.176-08:0027 is quite mature, you should be pleased, Mrs V t...27 is quite mature, you should be pleased, Mrs V thinks I'm a 15 year old trapped in a 70 year old body.Vagabondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14031648950206231742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776165776368681924.post-36039679490503721082022-11-22T03:15:11.131-08:002022-11-22T03:15:11.131-08:00I used to live down the road from Goodrich Castle ...I used to live down the road from Goodrich Castle and remember going up the keep (built around 1100) a few times. Living on the Welsh border means there's tons of old ruins all over the place. Tintern Abbey is my absolute favourite, it's stunning.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08624491160014232874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776165776368681924.post-63599154677559599472022-11-19T05:49:01.761-08:002022-11-19T05:49:01.761-08:00Unknown Roman architecture still keeps cropping up...Unknown Roman architecture still keeps cropping up from time to timeZabadakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05649765350412145174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776165776368681924.post-67852073137384147502022-11-18T07:52:22.384-08:002022-11-18T07:52:22.384-08:00Yes, If Catterick Garrison's military museum e...Yes, If Catterick Garrison's military museum ever gets built one of the advertised selling points will be 2000 years of military presense, which is a very loose and generous interpretation of history since once the Roman's left, exluding the occupying Norman's and Georgian/Victorian British Army at nearby Richmond, the next bit of military activity at Catterick was when Baden-Powell said the place would be a good location to build an army camp pre-WW1, and so arrived the Camp and RFC airfield.<br /><br />Saying all this, you wouldn't know that the Romans were ever at Catterick, as there's nowt here to see. Nearest place with anything Roman to us, is Piercebridge Roman Fort [Wikipedia has quite an interesting page of information on the local North Yorkshire/south County Durham Roman history of the area]. Roy Williamsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11363300928888257209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776165776368681924.post-88456646895991560642022-11-16T10:05:18.235-08:002022-11-16T10:05:18.235-08:00Thanks Iain, and congratulations on getting the bo...Thanks Iain, and congratulations on getting the booster, I had more of a sore arm with my flu jabs thank any of my covid jabs.Zabadakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05649765350412145174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776165776368681924.post-7384827553499610332022-11-16T10:03:55.853-08:002022-11-16T10:03:55.853-08:00THanks Matt, you're absolutely correct, I had ...THanks Matt, you're absolutely correct, I had the pleasure of iving next door (lierally) to the keep of Newcastle's castle (12th iirc) for many years whilst it was being restored. There was quite a few old sites right on my doorstep.Zabadakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05649765350412145174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776165776368681924.post-79458714289532546082022-11-16T10:01:30.244-08:002022-11-16T10:01:30.244-08:00Congratulations on getting your jab, I didnt have ...Congratulations on getting your jab, I didnt have any after effect whereas my wife's arm is still sore.<br />I definetly didn;t realise how old catterick was.Zabadakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05649765350412145174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776165776368681924.post-69251361502466787442022-11-16T06:15:08.868-08:002022-11-16T06:15:08.868-08:00Great looking hall and photos, had my 4th jab a fe...Great looking hall and photos, had my 4th jab a few weeks ago , felt lousy for a day or so but all good now!<br />Best Iain caveadsum1471https://www.blogger.com/profile/02174163740406928172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776165776368681924.post-79222077123414703952022-11-16T02:49:54.161-08:002022-11-16T02:49:54.161-08:00More wonderful photos, Joe! It's astonishing t...More wonderful photos, Joe! It's astonishing to think that the hall has been around for 900 years, and that the UK is full of old buildings like that. Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08624491160014232874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776165776368681924.post-65957581510451334652022-11-16T02:49:36.825-08:002022-11-16T02:49:36.825-08:00Going to get my seasonal booster injection on Frid...Going to get my seasonal booster injection on Friday - not quite sure why I'm eligible and neither is my (new-ish) GP practice. <br /><br />Possibly because I'm listed as asthmatic? Which I was listed as for thirty-plus years, until in 2020 I was told I wasn't, but now it seems I might still be... According to central NHS records.<br /> <br />So its a case of finding out now if I am still or aren't still. Or was it a case of was-and-then-wasn't, until-the-records-say-I-do-have-and-somebody-does-a-physical-test-to-reconfirm? <br /><br />I'm a massive fan of the NHS but, I can see how the people on the frontlines find it so tough working for it at present. And it's only going to get worse, here, on Catterick Garrison and Richmondshire, when the new Garrison medical centre is built and is opened - as they're already fighting it out in the meetings on whether it will be NHS and British Army or British Army exclusively.<br /><br />To tie this all back in to historic wargaming, I will say my booster jab is getting done at the pharmacy at Cataractonium (Catterick Village to those not ancient Roman) and, Catterick is thought to be the site of the Battle of Catraeth (c. 598) mentioned in the Welsh language poem Y Gododdin. This was fought between Celtic British or Brythonic kingdoms and the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Bernicia. Paulinus of York performed baptisms nearby in the River Swale.Roy Williamsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11363300928888257209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776165776368681924.post-3911413067033847662022-11-15T03:28:41.442-08:002022-11-15T03:28:41.442-08:00Thanks John, it was my fourth jab and yes I'm ...Thanks John, it was my fourth jab and yes I'm old - I'm a 27 year old trapped in a 70 year old's body.Zabadakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05649765350412145174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776165776368681924.post-5696597074617444912022-11-15T03:26:57.179-08:002022-11-15T03:26:57.179-08:00Thanks you michal, we do have a lot of history I&#...Thanks you michal, we do have a lot of history I'd still like to see,Zabadakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05649765350412145174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776165776368681924.post-8604537061605240872022-11-15T03:26:23.932-08:002022-11-15T03:26:23.932-08:00Thanks Ray, a great place to visit; I couldn have ...Thanks Ray, a great place to visit; I couldn have done with another day thoughZabadakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05649765350412145174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776165776368681924.post-51799672048633366342022-11-15T03:25:41.190-08:002022-11-15T03:25:41.190-08:00Thanks Dave, if I'd been on my own I would hav...Thanks Dave, if I'd been on my own I would have taken in the three military museums in the area too.<br />Gladiaotras are a 'go' atm.Zabadakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05649765350412145174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776165776368681924.post-64580734926450120822022-11-14T14:57:39.700-08:002022-11-14T14:57:39.700-08:00Hi Joe, is this 4 boosters after the first 2 or 4 ...Hi Joe, is this 4 boosters after the first 2 or 4 in total, if the first you must be older than me and Methuselah ;) Looking forward to the Gladatorial fight.<br /><br />Stay well..Vagabondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14031648950206231742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776165776368681924.post-25836818430870809292022-11-14T08:52:43.077-08:002022-11-14T08:52:43.077-08:00Beautiful shoots sir! Beautiful shoots sir! Michal DwarfCrypthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915669873652904866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776165776368681924.post-50940725666421964532022-11-14T08:50:53.111-08:002022-11-14T08:50:53.111-08:00Great pics Joe!Great pics Joe!Ray Rousellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352596392520905197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776165776368681924.post-56892081385822799022022-11-14T05:27:14.001-08:002022-11-14T05:27:14.001-08:00Great pictures Joe, can't remember the number ...Great pictures Joe, can't remember the number of times I walked past these places, and never went in, really should have paid more attention ! LOL Hope the results all come back positive for you, and that you can get a gladiator game in this week.Dave Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13398737478468720431noreply@blogger.com