Tuesday, 11 June 2024

Part 3 - The Rebellion Way

'....that one most perilous and long voyage ended, only begins a second; and a second ended, only begins a third, and so on, for ever and for aye. Such is the endlessness, yea, the intolerableness of all earthly effort.' Moby Dick by Herman Melville. 

My third journey begins and it is too long for one page so it is broken up into its component days. 

To recap, the Rebellion Way gets it's name from two rebels, the first being Boudicca and the second Robert Kett. Boudicca fought against the Romans and was ultimately defeated and punished along with her daughters which gives rise to the statue (Boudicca and her Daughters) on the north-west corner of Westminster Bridge. 


The other rebel was the landowner Robert Kett who sided with the common man during land enclosures in the 16th century and was also defeated, tried for treason, and hanged from the walls of Norwich Castle in 1549.

Part 4 - Homeward Bound

' But what's this long face about, Mr. Starbuck; wilt thou not chase the white whale! art not game for Moby Dick? ' Moby Dick by...