tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post5745722766825524484..comments2024-03-19T04:14:57.476+00:00Comments on 'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?': Cadfael's Home TownMartin Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-88059374855298518392009-08-24T09:33:17.220+01:002009-08-24T09:33:17.220+01:00Hi James. Yes, Cadfael's Welsh origins are imp...Hi James. Yes, Cadfael's Welsh origins are important to the stories, not just because he can act as an interpreter, but because, like the borderland setting, they add texture to the Chronicles.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-18080242314933174582009-08-24T06:00:55.297+01:002009-08-24T06:00:55.297+01:00Shrewsbury is where Cadfael spent twenty years of ...Shrewsbury is where Cadfael spent twenty years of his life, and where the novels were set, but it's not really his home town. That would be <a href="http://www.trefriw.org/history.htm" rel="nofollow">Trefriw</a>, sixty odd <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=shrewsbury+abbey&daddr=Trefriw&geocode=&hl=en&mra=ls&dirflg=w&sll=52.945342,-3.312859&sspn=0.930133,2.117615&ie=UTF8&z=10" rel="nofollow">miles away </a>in Wales, where he was born.James Fulfordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-4908619246392105542009-08-24T02:47:02.560+01:002009-08-24T02:47:02.560+01:00Yes, I did a loop north in my youth, but circumsta...Yes, I did a loop north in my youth, but circumstances have dictated only visiting London these last few trips. Not complaining, though. I love London.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-88440630669329441772009-08-23T23:08:33.888+01:002009-08-23T23:08:33.888+01:00Thanks, Seana. I hope you will come to the UK - an...Thanks, Seana. I hope you will come to the UK - and do remember that quite apart from London, there are plenty of wonderful places to visit in the North!Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-62498152483227132322009-08-23T16:49:13.949+01:002009-08-23T16:49:13.949+01:00Your recent posts are sure making me want to revis...Your recent posts are sure making me want to revisit England, Martin. And to revisit Cadfael, by the way. The series has fallen a bit out of vogue here, probably for no other reason than that it was so much <i>in</i> vogue for awhile.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.com