Tom's Top Tales: from the Roman fort

A top tale showing you can meet the unlikeliest of people, in the unlikeliest of places...

Good afternoon, Zetlandic zeitgeistmeister of bronchial bravura, and welcome back to the airwaves, from a cloud-capped Newport-on-Tay.

Last week, I spent a few days in Northumberland; I kept seeing signs urging me to convert to an American sect - "Be Amish" - but when I followed them I ended up at a museum!

Anyway, the previous day, I visited some Hadrian's Wall sites, including Housesteads Roman fort.

In case you don't know it, the fort is about a mile up-hill from the car park (Bad planning, Romans!), and when I reached it, I saw a young man with a weird hairstyle. Just as I was thinking how out of place he looked, another youth, similarly coiffed, hove into view. I couldn't resist asking if I could take their photo, and they readily agreed, even posing for me like professionals. It turned out that they were twins from Ireland, called Edward and John.... I wonder if I'll ever hear of them again - I attach some of the photos.

Jedward

Regards,

Al Issner