SASR Australia

I have recently been collecting SAS items usually to help provide funds for Veterans and i came across an organisation called NineSixFour seeling items to provide help to veterans , the Title relates to the year the Australian SAS was formed 1964 . I purchased afew of thier challenge coins the first one is a large coin celebrating the Combat Medics the coinshows aVoodoo Doll with the words Voodoo Medicine -Dominating the Black Arts on the reverse is the SAS winged dagger , the others came as aset and celebrate the 1st , 2nd , 3rd ,6th and 152 Sqaudrons with a 6th Coin depicting the Regimental Crest all six have the winged dagger on the reverse . The quality is excellent and the customer service out standing .

Monty Python , William Wallace the Headless corpses and Dracula -My recent travels

 Our first trip was to a Beautiful snowy Scotland but after a couple of days the weather cleared and we visited Stirling Castle the Wallace memorial ,Doune Castle famous for Monty Python and the Holy Grail ,The David Stirling Memorial and Many other places .

The road to our lodge 

Doune Castle

we laugh in your general direction ...


We also visited Stirling Castle , Bannockburn and the Wallace tower ,thankfully they removed the Mel Gibson statue due to vandalism and replaced it with the proper one .

Very windy up here but amazing views

North Yorkshire 

We also stayed in Whitby for a few days ,on the way we visited Wharram Percy a abandoned medieval village , suposedly the land ownwer evicted the farmers so he could raise sheep ,owever a recent excavation found all the dead from that period had their heads removed and legs smashed after they had died ...which leads us nicely to Whitby where keeping to the same vein (ouch) we did a bit of Dracula related sight seeing .

Wharram Percy Church the most intact building

suddenly we were transported back in time...

Whitbys guns look out over a stormy sea

The Abbey

The chap who started it all for Whitby and vampire hunters everywhere

The 199 steps where a certain Black dog was seen 

THE SIGHT OF A FAMOUS RUSSIAN SHIP WRECK ,REAL AND FICTIONAL 

The top of the Steps

A grave with a skull and crossbones ,some say the grave of a young girl  ,one of the first victims of Dracula 

Draculas Grave 

this and below show some of the locals 

not one of the better known Draculas but Elaines Crush ..

Elaines tacky holiday souvenir 

and my completely tasteful purchase 

2020 game challenge

After a poor start to the year gaming wise ive set John and myself achallenge , to play at least one game of every rule set and box game we own this year ( with only painted armies being used so a painting challenge thrown in as well)  , so after last years meagre effort playing wise ,see the list below we need to get moving .

• Force on Force NVA v USA 27th Nov
• Force on Force NVA v USA 6th nov
• Cruel Seas-night convoy 17th oct
• AVP-campaign 9th oct
• AP co-op 3rd Oct
• AVP 25th sept
• Dr Who Exterminate . 13th Sept
• Cruel Seas RN v IJN sept4th
• Brown Bess Peninsular game 6Aug 
• Napoleonic Matrix Game 31st July
• cruel seas USA v Itlay 10th july
• cruel seas 2games germany v Britain 3rd july
• a small beach party 19th June
• Pegasus Bridge 5th June
• TMWWBK -zulu 15th may
• 7Days to River Rhine -8th May
• TMWWBK -zulu 21st April
• spectre operations 10th April
• frostgrave -Mausoleum3rd April
• Little Wars -Blastoff Bridge 27th Mar
• star wars risk empire strikes back 27th feb
• Frostgrave 14th Feb
• star wars Risk empire strikes back 13thFeb
• Battle of Britain-6th Feb
• star wars RISK clone wars30th jan
• 7tv scooby doo 16th jan
• Rules of Engagement battle of bulge 2nd jan

so far we have only played one game of terminator genesis this year ,last year we managed 28 games of 17 different rule sets .

new year ,new games ,old games

A bit sparse on the wargaming front so far this year ,Ive been ill ,been busy at work My birthday and my good ladies in january , my latest grandsons christening all have stopped me and Im away on holiday next week ,so probably February before I get gaming .However Santa did bring me some goodies a complete new set up ,rules ,figures and scenery for my top secret project (all to be revealed soon ) and lots of bits for adding to the lead pile for other games. Hopdefully lots of updates soon .

Early January brought me this birthday present from my buddies John  and Debbie

Late Jan brought my Lady this birthday present from John & Debs...

Nuclear Disaster closely averted by the Politburo

A great ady pretending to be the politburo in 1968