I am just as nerdy as you, which is probably why I found this your most exciting blog post so far! Obviously Sigurd's death is my favourite bit (and it seems so specific that I find it hard to believe that there is NO truth in it) but I love all the placename misunderstandings... although when you say "This journey is easy to follow on a map", I agree that it is, but I always find when I read your blog posts that I need to open a map immediately (and today was an extreme example of this)... and then I spend the whole time going "argh, why can't I remember which bit is the Pentland Firth, that name is so familiar... ARGH, I'm an idiot, of course it's THAT bit". ARGH.
I am just as nerdy as you, which is probably why I found this your most exciting blog post so far! Obviously Sigurd's death is my favourite bit (and it seems so specific that I find it hard to believe that there is NO truth in it) but I love all the placename misunderstandings... although when you say "This journey is easy to follow on a map", I agree that it is, but I always find when I read your blog posts that I need to open a map immediately (and today was an extreme example of this)... and then I spend the whole time going "argh, why can't I remember which bit is the Pentland Firth, that name is so familiar... ARGH, I'm an idiot, of course it's THAT bit". ARGH.