MUCH deliberation and rethinking has been done over the past few weeks. Apart from the output being a Slingshot article to bore readers to death with, the exercise in reevaluating the period in Britain circa 400 to 550 has been done in earnest. No logical reasons for the time frame other than down to the obits of the main players in the 'King Arthur' conundrum.
Yes, that old chestnut again. You know, you think you have it all in your head clear as mud and then it dribbles out of your ears like a Salvador Dali painting.
Well this time I've written it down. No messing about with trying to squeeze a few coppers out of a book. Ive done it in a few pages (ish).
The trick now is to type it out from the scribbles in my notebook and hope it still makes sense. :P
The quick and ultimately disappointing conclusion is that King Arthur probably didn't exist as we hoped he did.
There I said it, now pelt me with cabbages
Quote from: Imperial Dave on Dec 23, 2025, 12:04 PMThe quick and ultimately disappointing conclusion is that King Arthur probably didn't exist as we hoped he did.
There I said it, now pelt me with cabbages
Now, now, at this time of year we all claim Santa is real for the kiddies. I am sure we can stretch to king Arthur.😉
Quote from: Ian61 on Dec 23, 2025, 03:44 PMQuote from: Imperial Dave on Dec 23, 2025, 12:04 PMThe quick and ultimately disappointing conclusion is that King Arthur probably didn't exist as we hoped he did.
There I said it, now pelt me with cabbages
Now, now, at this time of year we all claim Santa is real for the kiddies. I am sure we can stretch to king Arthur.😉
King Arthur has never once brought me a box of soldiers. Santa comes through year after year.
So, who owned the Excalibur I have hanging above the inglenook? ???
Quote from: Nick Harbud on Dec 23, 2025, 04:25 PMSo, who owned the Excalibur I have hanging above the inglenook? ???
dangling by a hair? ;)
Quote from: Imperial Dave on Dec 23, 2025, 12:02 PM...and then it dribbles out of your ears like a Salvador Dali painting.
This is a great line!
Quote from: Jon Freitag on Dec 23, 2025, 04:53 PMQuote from: Imperial Dave on Dec 23, 2025, 12:02 PM...and then it dribbles out of your ears like a Salvador Dali painting.
This is a great line!
One aims to please :)