Actually, I haven't been to a very northern country, and I don't know what it's like there. I have a great connection with the German people, for example, due to a thousand circumstances, but Britain, despite the language, is very distant to me.
Still, the energy is very strong there, you're right, it's history, it's accumulated heritage, it can't be avoided. I would visit the island for the chivalric stories and such, it's something that personally appeals to me a lot, despite the distance in other ways.