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Category Archive: war

Hard Times for Old Warriors

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Walking round an army maintenance depot. There’s a big modernisation programme going on, smart new fighting machines, bristling […]

November 8, 2021 black and white photography, History, Military, Motoring, photography, Retirement, Stree Photography, war

Comic Collage

Hello friends and readers Been away for a few weeks doing non blog stuff, but back again with […]

October 19, 2019 Art, collage, war

Abandonned Armour

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For all fans of strange faraway places and rusting military vehicles. A selection of abandonned armour, photographed on […]

May 26, 2019 Military, photography, war

The Yellow Brick Yellow Vest Road to Bourges

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The ancient Gauls thought that Bourges was the centre of the world. Tomorrow (Saturday 12 January) it will […]

January 11, 2019 Bourges, deepest france, Edgelands, Ex-pat, France, war, writing

Rose On A Winter’s Grave

I She just wants to be loved, Without love that she craves, She symbolically, Piteously, withers and fades, […]

December 21, 2018 Poetry, stories, war

In The Silo Shadow (Final Version)

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I posted a poem on Armistice day – 11th November. It was a fursy draught. Here is the […]

November 16, 2018 Death, photography, Poetry, Time Travel, war

In The Silo Shadow

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It is the hundredth year of war. Even though the war has been over for a hundred years […]

November 11, 2018 photography, Poetry, Road trip, Uncategorized, war, writing
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