Hi Bernard, I am a student at Exeter University, on the Cornwall Campus and as part of our Literature and The Environment module, we studied your book: The Winter King and as a supporting field trip, we visited Tintagel. This semester we have to produce a field trip report based on your portrayal of Tintagel and how it differed from our own perceptions of it. We also have to comment upon how the local economy has been affected by literature on the subject. I just wondered, if you have time at all, if you you would mind letting me know whether you had visited Tintagel before writing your books, how it influenced your writing and if you think your writings have influenced the place at all? Basically I just want to hear from someone so involved in the perpetuation of the Arthur myth/legend/story and I thought your story was fantastic…not only nicely researched, but brilliantly written too. Any help at all that you can offer would be very gratefully received. Kate