Of kings and dragons

On October 26, 899, the only English king to be known as the Great, Alfred, died. I confess that almost all that I know about Alfred has been filtered through the skeptical eyes of Uthred, the major character in Bernard Cornwell’s splendid Saxon series. But although Uthred did not like Alfred all that much, he still accorded the English king reluctant respect, acknowledging that Alfred’s accomplishments were impressive.
And for those curious to see what a Deadline Dragon looks like, we can thank Adele for posting this on one of my Facebook pages; the best comment to date came from Alan, who observed that dragons do occasionally leave Wales to raid into England.
http://in.news.yahoo.com/video/dragon....
PS Is it coincidence that this “sighting” was over Ken’s Cornwall? I think not.