Peter Kirk scripsit: > Anyway, as a pedant I will tell you that the > Normans landed at Hastings, not Dover.
As a meta-pedant, I will tell you that the Normans landed at Pevensey, not Hastings. The battle for the throne of England was fought between Hastings and (not unnaturally) Battle, where King Harold died. Had the Normans landed at Dover, they would still be trying to climb the cliffs against determined Saxon opposition, basically consisting of falling chunks of chalk. -- John Cowan [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.reutershealth.com www.ccil.org/~cowan I come from under the hill, and under the hills and over the hills my paths led. And through the air. I am he that walks unseen. I am the clue-finder, the web-cutter, the stinging fly. I was chosen for the lucky number. --Bilbo
