Don't forgot old King Harold had just got back from giving the Vikings a good kicking at Stamford Bridge the day before....

not to mention the approx 500 mile round trip route march to get to Stamford Bridge and back to Hastings....

Even after all that it was a close run thing and might have been different if the Normans, not really the French, hadn't gone and poked his eye out....

I do hope I haven't upset any Vikings or Normans on this site :)

Cheers, Bernard.......