I am a retired records manager just like any other retired records manager. I am also an amateur botanist, horticulturist, and horticultural therapy volunteer.
Have you ever been to Cheddar, England?
I was in England for three months in 1975 CE, and passed through Cheddar briefly on the way from Bath to Wells. I have not done any research on what Cheddar was like in the year 1390 CE — I just relied on what Polara told me on that subject. Readers are welcome to do their own research send it to me. If you look at a map, it is logical that Brother Bede should stop in Cheddar on his way from Wales to Oxford.
From my notes of conversations with Polara:
Brother Bede had to pick up the chest of books from his uncle (in addition to the one he had from his father in the Powys region of Wales). He took his donkey cart by boat from Cardiff to Bristol. His Abbot gave him leave to make this trip at his uncle’s expense.
To answer your question, yes, this village is where cheddar cheese was invented (prior to 1390 CE).
Have you ever been to the Sacandaga River?
There is a story about that. When I was about eight years old, I was traveling with my family from the Catskills to the Adirondacks in New York State. We stopped at the Sacandaga River for a picnic lunch. I remember sitting on a rock eating a sandwich with roaring rapids on both sides of the rock. Whether or not that rock is now at the bottom of a lake or reservoir I could not tell you.
From the Editor's Introduction to Part Four (page 188):
The Count of the Western Marches says that there is a river in his homeland called “the Sacandaga.” In his language, the name comes from Sa-chen- da’-ga which means “overflowed lands.”