We drove through to Crail today to visit Margaret. We walked from her home to Crail golf club, a pleasant 5 km along the Fife coastal path. Luckily the weather stayed dry for us and we had beautiful views of the rocks and pools and the sea as we made our way along the path. The club house is absolutely immaculate and we sat at a table overlooking the golf course and had a tasty lunch. Margaret had thoughtfully parked her car at the golf club in the morning so she could give us a lift back to her house after our meal. As we headed back to the west the rain came on very heavily, so we felt pleased that we had enjoyed the best of the day. On the way we listened to not one but two episodes of The Rest is History podcast, continuing the series on Nelson which was very interesting and quite moving. We have reached Nelson’s death; he was only forty-seven and had literally dedicated his whole life to his country. He wasn’t perfect, his affair with Emma Hamilton verged on the obsessive; however he was the right person at the right time to win the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 and secure Britain’s hold over the seas for the next hundred years, as well as scuppering Napoleon’s plans to invade Britain. It came at a cost though, with thousands killed as well as Nelson.
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