Category: General

  • Big Dig

    Either the building work has started or someone is looking for King Arthur’s tomb!

  • New Figures

    Finally finished basing and flagging up,  The 6th Light push over the ridge behind Papolette.

  • Waterloo – Battle 1 – Turn 27

    The french are starting to push onto the ridge behind Papolette.  Although the Prussian 1st Cavalry Division has started to arrive it has been slowed down by fleeing Nassau, not helped by the French Cuirassier breaking their second square of the day.   The solitary allied unit on the main tables remains the 2/30th Veterans…

  • Didn’t see no rabbits

    Not too far from the campsite

  • Guard duty

    Is exhausting…

  • Myrtle checks the facilities

    At the campsite in Newbury

  • Camping Van ver 2.0

    With the destruction of the old camping setup (thats what a leaky garage does for ya!) – a new plan (and some time) was required.  With my redundancy, time wasn’t an issue.

  • More Wildlife

    Over  the last couple of days more wildlife has been spotted in/around the back.  Glad we dont live behind the garage, who knows what lurks way down there!  Probably crocs, lions and camels (pending). We reckon, after consulting Haynes “Stuff that actually lurks in the garden”, that Sigourney is a female Sparrowhawk.  Pretty sure the…

  • Bird of Prey

    Wasn’t the Klingons…. for some reason all the spugies went and hid!

  • Almost Camping

    Whilst driving along the B3276, we passed “Bedruthan Steps Camping“, about half way between Newquay and Padstow. We returned the next evening to enjoy the view and have a picnic.  On the way back we found the “quick” way to actually get there (by driving past the airport!). It has quite a view Bring your…