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Kingmaker -> RE: New Screenshots from "Crown of Glory: Emperor's Edition" (11/29/2008 4:20:04 PM)
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HiHi
Sorry DEB, as you live in England and therefore should know better [:-] I feel I should attempt to correct this; I think it is totally inaccurate to say However, the use of the River Trent as a Midlands / North divider is reasonable, as stated; but only for historical reasons.
As I understand it the River Humber has historically always been used to define the boundary between North and the Midlands it is documented in Anglo-Saxon times as the southern border of the Kingdom of Northumbria (not even to sure that Northumbria doesn't derive from "North of the Humber" but ... ?) and what would at various times be the Kingdom of Mercia, notably King Penders (the last Pagan English king) realm.
Most of the rest of what you say is correct, the Trent rises in Staffordshire and does it's J loop to join the Humber as you say (I sailed up it as a Sea Scout in the days of my youth)
Without wishing to seem too pedantic ( ... on second thoughts, stuff it why the Hell not!) I didn't follow up on Mr Z's assertions about Estuaries as I feared the discussion might dissolve into semantic Yak re the definition of an Estuary, after all it's their game if they want to be wrong then fine, and the game will still be great anyhow. But for accuracies sake the River Humber becomes an Estuary in Hull where the river flows slightly north and then meanders back in a southerly direction, I know this cause it's marked on the Ordinance survey map I used while tentatively House hunting in Hull (don't you just hate smart arses [:D] )
No it’s Ok don’t thank me, it’s a pleasure to show a fellow countryman the path to enlightenment ... sort of [:)] , ‘fraid they folk across the Pond are beyond help [8|]
All the Best
Peter
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