Now that I've moved house I have lost my reluctant blog photographer, my brother. I now have to persuade Martyn to take photos but I don't think he did too bad a job. My very overgrown garden provided a nice spot for some photos of my new favourite dress. I picked the dress up for a tenner in the M&S sale and have worn it a handful of times already. You really can't go wrong with a plain black dress. I've worn it to work and for my day out in Caerleon with friends.

I headed to Caerleon over the bank holiday for a catch up over lunch with my best friend and to explore the history of the village.

I visited the National Roman Legion Museum and you can also see part of the military bath house in the Roman Baths Museum, the most complete Roman amphitheatre in Britain (photo above)
and the only remains of a Roman legionary barracks on view anywhere in Europe at Prysg Field. It's pretty impressive that all this is so close to my house and around 2000 years old. There was a Roman presence here from around 75-300 AD.


I went for a pub lunch in the Hanbury Arms where Idylls of the King was written by Lord Tennyson and wandered around the pretty town, enjoying some rare Welsh sun. There are buildings from so many different eras in this town and lots of interesting little details like the air rail shelter sign I found. Caerleon is the perfect place to visit and I had a lovely afternoon there.