#TrafalgarDay. I’ve always had mixed feelings abt #Nelson, outstanding combat commander, wld have been a terrible 1st Lord. Perhaps the lesson we should take today is man v myth. The RN made of him a cult, pickled in aspic, his lessons forgotten & effect on the RN’s culture up to WW1 was grim. Traditions are useful, until they become fetishes. A short dog walk away is the pond Clerk worked out his tactics on using port bottle cork models.




