Category Archives: Miscellaneous

Coxyde Military Cemetery, 29th August 2014

Posted on August 30, 2014 by Magicfingers

This one’s for you, John.

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Six Months Update

Posted on July 2, 2014 by Magicfingers

Those of you who have been paying attention will be aware of a slight altercation that occurred at the end of last year between me and the river that runs not so far from my front door.  You will also … Continue reading →

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Tools of the Trade

Posted on May 17, 2014 by Magicfingers

Relics, I hope, of the troubles.  King’s Own Scottish Borderers museum.

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Not Flanders Fields…

Posted on April 9, 2014 by Magicfingers

You are witnessing a rare occurrence on this site.  The memorial you see perched atop the hill in this photograph has nothing whatsoever to do with the Great War…

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Flemish Fields

Posted on April 2, 2014 by Baldrick

Hello all, Baldrick here. Surely you’ve seen my picture taken in posts past. M and I have been visiting countless cemeteries throughout the South-West of Flanders in the last, oh say, 8 years, all the way down to the North … Continue reading →

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And Still Men Die

Posted on March 19, 2014 by Magicfingers

Spare a thought, good people, for the two workers killed earlier today when a shell exploded on a construction site near Ieper (Ypres), and of their injured colleagues, one of whom is now in hospital fighting for his life. The … Continue reading →

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Flanders Fields, January 2014

Posted on January 29, 2014 by Magicfingers

Flanders report, 24-27 January 2014:  Over the course of the weekend Baldrick and I visited 22 cemeteries…

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