The modern-day warriors will travel 300 miles by horseback and on foot from York to mark the anniversary of the battle and the Norman conquest Ian Forsyth/Getty ImagesA group of volunteers is re-creating King Harold’s march from York to Battle for his fateful clash with William of Normandy. Organised by English Heritage, the modern-day warriors will travel the 300 miles by horseback and on foot, aiming to arrive in East Sussex on October 14, precisely 950 years after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. King Harold, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England, had defeated a Viking army led by Harald Hardrada at the Battle of Stamford Bridge, East Yorkshire, on September 25, 1066, but then had to journey swiftly south to face the Normans. The re-created “1066…

Source: The Times September 25, 2016 23:07 UTC