Popped over to 'the great island' of Muchelney (it sits on a slightly higher section of the Somerset Levels) today, to visit the Abbey, now looked after by @EnglishHeritage

Last time I was here, I was a child & there was a bat trail (more on that later 🦇)

Let's take a walk ⬇️ The sunken area in this photo is found within the foundations of the abbey church, and is the site of the first church built after the refounding of the monastery in 939 by King Athelstan

Another story from the Battle of Trafalgar.

This time from William Robinson, onboard HMS Revenge. During her engagement with a Spanish three decker, they lost an unpopular midshipman...

Thread. " we had a midshipman on board our ship of a wickedly mischievous disposition, whose sole delight was to insult the feelings of the seamen, and furnished pretexts to get them punished. His conduct made every man's life miserable that happened to be under his orders...

Reading the memoirs of a naval officer who died in 1814. He writes brief lines on people he served with and within 2 mins I'd noticed a theme 😂

He either describes them using their love of grog, or describes how the grog killed them

Settle in... with grog if needed...

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