Mud Blood And Steel

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

Sunday, 20 September 2026

All is safely gathered in.

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Autumn has finally begun to make its presence felt out here with a little yellowing of the leaves and a well received morning chill when I v...
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Friday, 4 September 2026

Low hanging fruit

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I sat in a field with the wife the other week to watch the eclipse. Saw bugger all as it happens, but something tiny in the grass (no not th...
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Thursday, 6 August 2026

The comeback kid.

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Yes, it’s me the comeback kid, and I’ve err….comeback. I wanted to insert a sound file of a trumpet fanfare at this point but all I can affo...
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Wednesday, 24 June 2026

It ain’t arf ott mum!

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I know, I know, I’m not scheduled to be posting again until September but this blog has always served as a sort of aide memoir as much as an...
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Sunday, 10 May 2026

Have a Kit Kat

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Some of you might remember the old Cadburys advert…Have a break, have a Kit Kat?  Can’t get hold of a Kit Kat over here…but I can take a bre...
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Friday, 1 May 2026

By Jove it’s Bundooks & Bayonets

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I intimated last time that this post would be about the currently unloved ginger headed step child of my collection, ie my 100YW collection,...
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Saturday, 18 April 2026

A bridge too far - The batrep

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It’s been two weeks since I played the game but I’ve been so busy breast feeding my baby chickens that I’ve not had a moment to commit the a...
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