At last

[Spood]

I feel terrible but it is my sad duty :cry: to inform you all that as from tomorrow I will be in Normandy for one whole week :banana: I will of course be thinking of you all as I relax with (probably) several glasses of whatever takes my fancy at the time :beer:, and, should I suffer a pang of guilt, that I am here, and you are all slaving away to pay your bills I shall put on a brave face ------ and carry on regardless :wink:

 

I believe myself and Mrs Spood are concentrating on the British sector this year, cant wait.

 

See you soon.

[Jack]

Ok, the poll should sort this is out Spood. :-D

[berni]

i voted give him a break as he is going to the British sectors .

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Berni

[Jack]

i voted give him a break as he is going to the British sectors .

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Berni

 

 

That is actually a good point Berni. :cry:

[Mark]

i voted give him a break as he is going to the British sectors .

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Berni

 

 

Yeh I done that sector and camped there in 2004, great area, have a nice one Spoody's

[Spood]

Thanks for the vote of support Berni. :tup: A poll eh, do I detect a smidge of envy here, if so :pfrt: :wink:. Only a couple of hours before we leave now so I shall bid you a fond farewell and if you're lucky I may allude to my jaunt on my return.

Happy posting while I am away. :wave:

 

Don

[ArtistsRifles]

I voted for giving him a break for the same reason - we want to hear the report on the British sector having done Utah last year!!

Although the jeep did come close to sawying the vote the other way.......... :evil:

[Joris]

Enjoy it there, be sure to take photos and ask Jack to put them on HMVF. You won't be able to do it yourself because of your imminent banning :pfrt:

[Spood]

Well I'm back, had a superb time, weather was great and made a couple of interesting finds, more to follow, that is of course if I'm not banned :wink: I also refuse to appologise for being a Jeep owner :pfrt:

[Mark]

Glad you had a nice time :-D

[Jack]

Well I'm back, had a superb time, weather was great and made a couple of interesting finds, more to follow, that is of course if I'm not banned :wink: I also refuse to appologise for being a Jeep owner :pfrt:

 

 

Now, that has made me laugh! :-D

 

....anyway, we are off to Upottery airfield :-D

[berni]

glad you enjoyed it.

we hope to go back next year but work days off are limited & there is still so much to fit in.

look forward to reading about your exploits

Berni

[Spood]

I thought I would ease myself back into real life this week but have hardly had time to breathe, just had time to get a few photos over this evening but still things to do, places to go and people to see. No rest for the wicked as they say :-(

Still here's a couple of snaps I'm quite pleased with.

 

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And another which you could call commandos eye view

 

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I hope these come out ok.

 

While at the Pegasus museum I found in a corner something I missed in the crowds of 2004, a small display about HMS Arethusa. Only a couple of pictures but the interesting thing was the photocopy of the ships log for 6th June listing her actions on the day. I think I mentioned in another thread that my dad was on the Arethusa at the time, so I now have a very good idea of what he was doing that day, quite a moment when Mrs Spood and myself stood and read it, certainly brings a lump to the throat.

 

I will attempt more over the next couple of days.

 

[Jack]

Good timing Spood.

 

Just started to read a book on Pegasus - extraordinary story.

 

RAF Tarrant Rushton is just up the road from me. :schocked:

 

 

[Joris]

Great photo's and story, please post more!