Belatucadros

After an early Book Festival talk on Roman Britain we walked the medieval remaining West Walls of Carlisle City and up to the course of Hadrian's Wall to while away the morning. What a coincidence to find  this bit of Carlisle street art that I'd not seen before .  Painted in 2021 the mural depicts Belatucadros, a Celtic god of war. Known from inscriptions found on Hadrian's Wall. He was  worshipped in Celtic northern Britain during Roman times particularly in Cumberland and Westmorland.

In the afternoon we went to talks on the life of a coroner, forgotten Northern women (check out Hilda James) and a year in the life of forty diverse farms in Cumbria.
Drove home in the  dark through pouring rain and saw two car accidents. Why do people drive so fast when its wet?