By Ed Stafford
What do you do once you stroll the Amazon?
Ed Stafford—adventurer extraordinaire and Guinness international checklist holder for jogging the size of the Amazon River—likes a problem. Casting approximately for an event that may best the intense feat he recounts in Walking the Amazon, Stafford comes to a decision to maroon himself on an uninhabited island within the South Pacific. His project: to outlive for sixty days built with nothing—no meals, water, or maybe clothing—except the video cameras he may use to rfile his time.
Detailing Stafford's jaw-dropping sojourn at the island of Olourua, Naked and Marooned is a story of unprecedented event and of 1 man's will to push himself to the outer limits—and survive.
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To add to the import of this he records a number of miracles that occurred later. For Bede, Heavenfield was much more than ‘Popular Northern Leader Defeats Welsh Upstart’. It represented a famous victory for a Christian king against the pagan. The remnants of the Welsh army took flight down Dere Street and were pursued by the Northumbrians. At Deniseburn ( almost certainly the Rowley Burn ) Cadwallon was caught and killed. It was the last major battle fought between Angles and Britons. The victory reunited and Christianised the whole of Northumberland.
It was then that the English bowmen did their best work. Many of the clansmen were struck down. Nevertheless it is surprising that King James decided to abandon his near impregnable position on the hill. He certainly threw away what advantage remained by descending to accept hand-to- hand fighting. In mitigation for what turned out to be a military decision almost as foolhardy as that taken by Custer at Little Big Horn, there may be mitigating circumstances. He may not have known that the English flank had been turned.
They had endured weeks of marching in wet conditions so they were well practised in coping : many of them fought in stockinged feet to counteract the slippery conditions. The big breakthrough however came from the English left wing which had held off an attack from Highlanders lead by Lennox and Carlisle. It was then that the English bowmen did their best work. Many of the clansmen were struck down. Nevertheless it is surprising that King James decided to abandon his near impregnable position on the hill.