tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501702437500544780.post4925358936041150515..comments2023-10-23T15:28:20.754+01:00Comments on Wendy Robertson Life Twice Tasted: Vikings and GhostsWendy Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03532817003318632539noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501702437500544780.post-33841070636420496772010-10-12T11:56:51.827+01:002010-10-12T11:56:51.827+01:00Sounds fascinating.
I love Time Team.
Ah well I g...Sounds fascinating.<br />I love Time Team. <br />Ah well I guess the special will get down here some time.<br /><br />Sounds like an interesting theme for a book. But then I guess you probably come up with more ideas than you can possibly ever complete.Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625543235578144620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501702437500544780.post-69953122723151435422010-10-12T11:32:31.900+01:002010-10-12T11:32:31.900+01:00I watched it too Wendy. Fascinating! Here in Cum...I watched it too Wendy. Fascinating! Here in Cumbria the BBC did a genetic survey a couple of years ago and discovered that 30% of Cumbrians still have almost pure Viking genes. My father was Irish, but even he had part Viking genes (and the hair!). So much of Cumbrian dialect is old norse apparently you're more likely to beunderstood in Oslo than London.<br />I definitely thinkyou should write about it. There's a really chilling account of what it was like to be confronted by a band of well-armed Vikings in an Anglo SAxon poem called 'The Battle of Maldon' - there's a couple of lines where the Norsemen are calling 'in cold voices' across the water, taunting them. Great stuff.Kathleen Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07645566938871914385noreply@blogger.com