Category Archives: Miscellaneous

A Meeting of Military Minds

Not exactly your average Sunday, as we find ourselves in a school hall somewhere in the depths of leafy Surrey – and we do have a lot of leaves in Surrey, being the county, apparently, with the most trees in … Continue reading

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The Legacy of War – The Red Zone

What do you think this is all about? 

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Post Update No. 1

Time, as we all know, is a creeper.  One minute you’re starting a brand new website and hoping that someone, somewhere, will find it of interest, and the next, you’re staring at years of work with tens of thousands of … Continue reading

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Flanders Update – April 2023

Beauty, beneath skies of grey. 

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At Last!

For the first time in over three years, come the morning I shall once again be heading off to drag Baldrick, kicking & screaming, doubtless, around Flanders’ soggy fields. 

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World War II in Flanders Fields

Twenty nine months on, and at last I found myself back on the battlefields again. 

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2022 – Post-Pandemic Plans

Accompanied by a few photos of the flagpole and poppy memorial at the entrance to Randalls Park Crematorium in Leatherhead in Surrey, let’s take a look at the state of play of theBigNote as of April 2022. 

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