On this day in 1813 the famous Scottish explorers/ medical missionary David Livingstone was born. He was perhaps one of the most popular national heroes of the late 19th century in Victorian Britain. Much like all things empirical the myth seems to be larger than the man himself but there is no doubting the impact he had on British life at the time of his travels.Although I am not a Rugby fan I do hope Scotland can avoid the wooden spoon today.
Oh well its the weekend so I think I'll go for a walk, but unlike Livingstone on his search for the source of the river Nile, I will try not to get lost.
