Nelson takes his leave on shore
OCTOBER 21, 2005 will see the bicentenary of the Battle of Trafalgar and many celebrations marking the most decisive naval victory in modern history are planned. However, it will not be until January 9, 2006 that we mark 200 years since the funeral of its most famous protagonist.
Pickled in a keg of naval brandy, it took more than two months for Nelson's body to arrive in Portsm…