Had I been alive some 2000 years ago and had I lived in Bath (Aqua Sullis) and had I wished to walk to Bristol, no doubt to the Roman Villa at Sea Mills (there’s not much left now but a pile of stones), then I would have very probably walked along the Via Julia, the Roman road from Bath, that ended up at the Downs. I didn’t, because I wasn’t there then, but I was there today at the end of the ‘via’ – Julian Road, where I inspected a pleasant two bedroomed flat, largely in good condition. The managing Agents seem a bit autocratic – “must do this, must do that and mustn’t do the other” – probably they get it from the Romans…   more »