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Saturday, 27 September 2014

Fortress Visit Report : Fort Tancrément Internals

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This fort is run by a small group. The fort is not as big or as famous as Eben Emael so it does not attract as many visitors or the funds. N...

Fortress Visit Report : Fort Tancrément External

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On my recent trip to Liege with Holts - this was the second fort we visited on Day 3, after Eben Emael. This fort, Tancrément, was the last ...
Wednesday, 24 September 2014

"A Most Wanted Man"

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We went to the local Vue cinema yesterday evening to see this film. This is a John Le Carre spy story, one of Philip Seymour Hoffman...
Saturday, 20 September 2014

To EU or not to EU - that is not the question.

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This has been an interesting week. A good walk, a couple of interesting films and a couple of turkeys, an interesting result from the Scotti...
Wednesday, 17 September 2014

The First Walk of Autumn

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Today - my first walk in the country for weeks due to house move and hols. The route was around the South of Harrogate on the Ringway, bet...
Monday, 15 September 2014

No plans - so "The Wolf of Wall Street"

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Yesterday morning. B was going through her plans of horsey activity for the coming week when I suddenly realised; next Saturday, the York br...
Saturday, 13 September 2014

Fort Eben Emael - inside 3

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This is my final set of photos from inside the fort. They show the damage as a result of the fighting within the fort. On entering the fort,...
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Pierre le Poilu
YORK, England, United Kingdom
Recently retired, with a great interest in French history and fortifications,cricket, opera and classical music, food and film and now the time to enjoy them
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