Mud Blood And Steel

“Some folks don’t ask what’s in the wagon, they just grin and bear the yoke.” - Jesse Welles

Sunday, 31 August 2025

Un échange culturel

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I was taking to my neighbour Élodie last week about regional accents. She claims she has one, though like all things French it’s totally and...
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Friday, 15 August 2025

Reasons to be cheerful (Part 3)

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Kudos to anyone who gets the Ian Dury reference. The last month has seen an awful lot of heat, an awful lot of sitting in hospital waiting r...
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Tuesday, 22 July 2025

Butterfly’s and rabbit holes

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Still plodding on with the HYW lads as you’ll see below but the butterfly predictably flapped its wings and I fell straight down what might ...
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Sunday, 29 June 2025

Soon be Christmas…

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That’s a cheery thought isn’t it.  If you’re British it’d be best to get the sprouts on about now I reckon. June’s HYW painting progress has...
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Friday, 20 June 2025

…and this just in…

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Excuses, excuses. The garden has had all my focus this month, so there’s not been a lot of hobby progress. With that said it’s been glorious...
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Thursday, 29 May 2025

The dust up at Mansanar bridge

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In this scenario the British need to capture the bridge across the Mansanar canal since the road across it gives the most direct approach to...
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Monday, 19 May 2025

Morrison marches forth

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Readers will recall that the redoubtable Mr Morrison sent me 36 beautifully painted Empress Miniatures (1st Madras Fusileers) last year, whi...
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