Salt Making at Middlewich Roman Festival MMXI

Raking salt

Lost in steam

"How do you get the salt in the water?"

Salt Making at the Middlewich Roman Festival MMXl

Ermine Street Guard at the Middlewich Roman Festival MMXl 

Visitors looking at how the firebox heats the salt pans

Raking salt from the replica Roman salt pans

Salt Making at Middlewich Roman Festival Sat-Sun 24-25 Sept

I will be leading Kerry Fletcher's volunteers in making salt as part of the Middlewich Town Council's latest Roman Festival.
Pictures of setting up on Friday 23 Sept to follow.
Salt making demo pics to follow over the week end and a video to be uploaded at the end event.

This will also be a part of the establishment of the Cheshire section of the UK Ecosal-Atlantic Route of Traditional Salt Making.

Sat Sunday 2011

Salt Sunday 2011 to be held at Northwich and Halton, Cheshire

A wonderful tomb dedicated to a salt officer can be found at John the Evangelist church at Crosscononby on the Solway Coast, Cumbria.
It will feature in the  Ecosal Atlantic Route of Traditional Salt Making.
Tomb of a Salt Officer at Croscannonby, Cumbria