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Yesterday - what a day. Around a dozen of us gathered in York to watch Abel Gance's silent film of "Napoleon" In the mid-twe...

Yesterday we had a day trip to Conisbrough Castle, a small castle in South Yorkshire. The Normans built a castle here to control the Riv...

Recently I posted a photo of a ruin I had bought on EBay. It is listed in the Magister Militum catalogue as an Indian/Arabic Partly Ru...

I am not a gardener, I don't see the appeal of flower growing or grass cutting, I just don't get it, B is the house gardener. Occasi...

It has been quiet since my last post, no travelling, no films and no walking, but things are looking up as the weather improves. Not havi...

Yesterday I gave a talk at the Military History Group of York U3A, entitles "Hitler's Opening Gambit : The Fall of Fort Eben Emael,...