Trying to avoid a noisy crowd, Aleka turned left, then right, but "Unfamiliarity tricked her..." (p. 299) so that she entered a square where a crowd danced around a fire. Earlier this week, I became disoriented in our pedestrianized City Centre. Not remembering how to get from one place to another, I walked an unnecessarily long way around and then found that the covered passage called "Everard's Way" was the route that I should have taken. A Poul Anderson fan and, more specifically, a Time Patrol fan should have remembered that and a fanfic writer would be able to create a story about time travel in historic Lancaster involving Everard's Way and the nearby John O'Gaunt pub. However, I am not a fiction writer and am about to go out for the evening to the Royal Hotel in Heysham.
6 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
Even so, I'm still intrigued to find out Lancaster has a street with Manse Everard's name!
And people with a moderate knowledge of British history should know who John O'Gaunt was.
Ad astra! Sean
Sean,
Not even a street, just a pedestrian passage, and I imagine arriving at a different time when passing through it.
Paul.
Kaor, Paul!
I did wonder if Everard's Way was even a mere alley! Just a pedestrian passageway.
Ad astra! Sean
You know, a story idea comes to mind when you relate that anecdote...
Mr Stirling,
Please feel free...
Paul.
Kaor, Mr. Stirling!
To second Paul, why not? (Smiles)
Or even an Everard Way involving Dominic Flandry?
Ad astra! Sean
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