Hi folks,

as you recall, the whole point of my “Finding Forgotten Inspiration” videos is to get ideas for my writing. So the obvious question after watching the video on Bath is “what inspirations did I get?” I list two below. I also tell you my next destination, due next weekend perhaps.

Layers of stories

The first and foremost is that humans tell stories and layer them. It’s very like archaeology.

The first story we have is obviously the springs being associated with the Celtic goddess Sulis. The Romans then came along and decided to associate Sulis with their goddess Minerva. This was convenient and intended to bond the two cultures.

Over a thousand years later Geoffrey of Monmouth (died 1155) wrote about Bath in his Historia regum Britanniae. His book was supposedly translated from a