Category Archives: Miscellaneous

Of all the many honours England gives To those who fight for her, one stands apart, He who receives it dies, yet ever lives In England’s heart. Bestowed on all alike, bondman or free, This great last tribute England pays her … Continue reading →

Loads of stuff going on in the ‘Back in Blighty’ section at the moment, and more new Flanders posts being worked on.  All in good time. The painting, by the way, is a detail from the Roll of Honour in St. Crewenna … Continue reading →

Saturday, 11th February 2012.  Baldrick ponders the vagaries of life on a weekend visit to Blighty.  The Tower of London, Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, maybe the London Eye?  Nope.  Local war memorial.  Smile please.

The war memorial outside St. Mary’s Church in Templecombe, Somerset.  And to the very nice lady who enquired as to the nature of my churchyard investigations that afternoon, you will find the rest of the photographs in the Back in Blighty – Somerset … Continue reading →

           Just to prove to you that Balders and I are still hard at work, whatever the weather, scouring the Flemish countryside (or in this case the Flemish suburbs) for future additions to this site, here’s … Continue reading →