The Guardian has a series entitled ‘Secret Britain’, several trips look interesting the latest is the route that Boudica took on her way to ravage the towns of Colchester and London.
I would trace the first 40 miles marched by the warrior queen’s army at the beginning of the greatest rebellion ever staged by Britons against Roman rule.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2009/apr/23/uk-walking-holidays-history
So our indefatigable journalist writes, be that as it may, Norfolk Museum are promoting this walk to run in conjunction with the opening of their new Boudica gallery, which has on show a replica chariot and the beautiful gold Iron Age jewellery from this time.
http://www.culture24.org.uk/places+to+go/east+of+england/norwich/tra22669
Part of the route the Roman road once took between Colchester and London. This section outside Hatfield Peverel, Essex.
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30/10/2010 at 20:58
Mary Dedeian
Is her name properly pronounced bow-da-see’-a, or
boo’-dee-ka? I’ve heard both. Please enlighten.Thank you.
30/10/2010 at 21:06
heritageaction
Hope this helps. From – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boudica –
“Her name takes many forms in various manuscripts—Boadicea and Boudicea in Tacitus; Βουδουικα, Βουνδουικα, and Βοδουικα in Dio—but almost certainly, it was originally Boudicca or Boudica, and is the Proto-Celtic feminine adjective *boudīka, “victorious”, derived from the Celtic word *bouda, “victory” (cf. Irish bua (Classical Irish buadh), Buaidheach, Welsh buddugoliaeth). It is suggested that the most comparable English name would be “Victoria”.[7] The name is attested in inscriptions as “Boudica” in Lusitania, “Boudiga” in Bordeaux, and “Bodicca” in Britain.[8] Based on later development of Welsh and Irish, Kenneth Jackson concludes that the correct spelling of the name in the British language is Boudica, pronounced [bɒʊˈdiːkaː][9] (the closest English equivalent to the vowel in the first syllable is the ow in “bow-and-arrow”). The modern English pronunciation is /ˈbuːdɪkə/.[10]”