2023 So far!
There has been Fort Amherst, a voyage to Stockholm at Midsomar to mark 500 years since Gustav Vasa became King and is seen as taking Sweden into the modern age, and Stansted park.
Fort Amherst came first, but I really don't have anything to say about it, was quite a bit of standing about, good to have a drink with friends, missed the one battle as I was showing a potential recruit around as it started and thought oh well, they probably don't need a doctor, turns out it would have helped with getting casualties into the fort to respawn, but nevermind.
on to Stockholm....
Having spent a lovely Friday at the big city heritage park where historic buildings from all over Sweden are preserved and there is a big maypole festival.. the marches were on Saturday, one in the morning and a seemingly unscheduled one around the old city centre in the afternoon before a feast in the evening.
The underground stations are different colours, shaped into caves, and contain art instalations.
Marching to the palace where the king and queen watched us pass beneath, the king of course being a descendent of Marshal Bernedotte.
Shenanigans in the old square, by the wooden horse museum.
Underground again but this time the candlelit basement of the olde tavern.
Sunday, had to be done, at meatballs for the people, was the best 'meat'balls I've even had, largely thanks to the mix of flavours with mash and gravy.
Stansted house.. just visible? Walking from Rolands castle railway station.
Are we there yet?
Serge, the twitcher, is amazed at the tits which Ian pointed out.
The battle on Saturday was sadly called off with everyone on the field after two of the cavalry were injured early on, and required an ambulance to come on. Hopefully the guys are all mended now.
Sunday saw the French seriously outnumbered as the Prussians who'd boosted our numbers were swapped back to the fiendish British side. Still we came on from the woods and lead them a merry dance. I died in what I thought was the last hurrah but someone the fighting carried on for a while after. Mopping up!
A tank from the east, thoughtfully marked out as a Ukrainian T34, not at all Russian, really.
And the next event is far to the east, to Liepzig.
