Very clever!
Meet the Vikings...
- Thread starter Crackle
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Very clever!
Gravity Aided
Legendary Member
- Location
- Land of Lincoln
http://www.vikings.com
I've seen these Vikings.
I've seen these Vikings.
Dayvo
just passin' through
- Location
- 59° 50′ 5.55″ N, 10° 47′ 41.89″ E
If you want a good insight into Viking society (Icelandic/Norwegian vikings), the Icelandic Sagas http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saga are a good read. I thoroughly recommend Egil's Saga http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egils_saga.
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Saluki
World class procrastinator
- Location
- ...Norwich over the water.
The BBC filmed Egils Saga and it was done using members of the Vike. I have a ton of photos from that shoot somewhere in the loft. The BBC version was not too shabby.If you want a good insight into Viking society (Icelandic/Norwegian vikings), the Icelandic Sagas http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saga are a good read. I thoroughly recommend Egil's Saga http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egils_saga.
Dayvo
just passin' through
- Location
- 59° 50′ 5.55″ N, 10° 47′ 41.89″ E
Found this after a bit of a search:
View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w04xs8dtwOc
an enjoyable film and suitably gory!
If you don't want to watch the entire film, the REAL gory bit is from 7 mins and 25 seconds.
View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w04xs8dtwOc
an enjoyable film and suitably gory!
If you don't want to watch the entire film, the REAL gory bit is from 7 mins and 25 seconds.
Headgardener
Armchair Cyclist
Found this after a bit of a search:
View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w04xs8dtwOc
an enjoyable film and suitably gory!
If you don't want to watch the entire film, the REAL gory bit is from 7 mins and 25 seconds.
To the end
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Saluki
World class procrastinator
- Location
- ...Norwich over the water.
Have a look at The Detectives episode Fur Coat, No Knickers. That's a 'vike special' 
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snorri
Legendary Member
- Location
- East coast, up a bit.
Was Hagar there too, Crackle?
andytheflyer
Guru
- Location
- South Cheshire
Now, I recall from reading this a while ago:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Origins-British-Genetic-Detective/dp/1845294823..... that there is a cluster of Viking genes in Prestatyn, and I think The Wirral too.
So Crackle may be on to something - it's just that the genes are well hidden. Plus, I recall, that wasn't there a possibility of some big battle with the Vikings at Bromborough (Wirral)?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Origins-British-Genetic-Detective/dp/1845294823..... that there is a cluster of Viking genes in Prestatyn, and I think The Wirral too.
So Crackle may be on to something - it's just that the genes are well hidden. Plus, I recall, that wasn't there a possibility of some big battle with the Vikings at Bromborough (Wirral)?
Mad Doug Biker
Just a damaged guy.
- Location
- Craggy Island
Sounds entirely sensible to me, although, I bet some of them turned up in their cars too!
Archie_tect
De Skieven Architek... aka Penfold + Horace
- Location
- Northumberland
No-one else been to Jorvik then?
Saluki
World class procrastinator
- Location
- ...Norwich over the water.
I worked there for a summer.
Archie_tect
De Skieven Architek... aka Penfold + Horace
- Location
- Northumberland
In the scratch and sniff corner?
Gravity Aided
Legendary Member
- Location
- Land of Lincoln
And then there's this, although later.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kensington_Runestone
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kensington_Runestone
There is also the Hogback Stone in a local church, literally opposite where Meet the Vikings was happening last Monday.
http://www.stbridgetschurch.org.uk/hogbackdetail.htm
So there were definitely Viking settlements on the Wirral but then the buggers got everywhere. I can only think that the Bromborough battle was because they were trying to get out of the place.
