Good Morning Early Birds

[WELSHYORKIE]

It's Monday again - how quickly the weekend seems to fly by - still mild but a tad breezy in NW Wales. Looking forward to a really hard weeks work ahead (NOT). Still, mustn't grumble.........

[Slapshot]

Morning mate....hope you had a good weekend...exercise time here...deep joy!!!

[WELSHYORKIE]

Morning Slappy - Oh, what joy exercises were - remember them well- especially the one in the middle of Norfolk in a foot and a half of snow, face down trying to evade capture!!

[Slapshot]

Supposed o something different this time!! We want weapons, helmets and great coats to do our Dads Army pose.....

[WELSHYORKIE]

I had the weapon (7.62 SLR) but no ammo, no bayonet and no tin helmet - plus no fags, no hip flask, no food, no hope... need I go on?

[humbersloop]

morning all x

looks like more decent weather

[waterboatman]

Morning Welshie, slappy and sloopy xxx

Exercises. Yes, I remember them well. Some good some bad and some a complete waste of time and effort.

Could be nice here for a while, but we are told it will rain later. Such is life! :o}

[Slapshot]

Nah....know that one mate.

Did one with the marines long time ago, escape and evasion thing. Not exactly fun then if you get snared you get a beasting anyway! I'm too old to be messing about like this!

[WELSHYORKIE]

Morning Sloopy - looking good so far but it is still pitch outside!!

[Slapshot]

Lets have a gag....cheer us up

Sad but true, lads, if you get hold of a kiwi fruit in one hand, one of your nadgers in the other and close your eyes....you can't tell the difference between them. I know, I've tried it.


I'm now barred from Tesco, Asda and Sainsbury's!!!!!!

[waterboatman]

arf arf arf slappy what a load of bolix!

[WELSHYORKIE]

Morning Boaty - read about your swans - must have been a fantastic sight. Best exercise I had was as a 17 year old on my first posting after training and being admin in the command centre - totally no experience so had to do the teas/coffees/cocoas in a lovely warm control tower overlooking the airfield.......

[WELSHYORKIE]

Read that one I jokes earlier, Slappy, and had a giggle.

[waterboatman]

One exercise I remember was on Brecon Beacons. Artillery live firing. We had all four seasons in one day. Sun, rain, snow, wind-mainly with the rain and snow, all in rotation all day. Shirtsleeves in the sun then grabbing your jacket, then take it off again. It seemed a very long day!

[WELSHYORKIE]

I did my survival training in the Beacons, Boaty and can certainly concur the weather conditions. The 5 days we spent up there were bloody awful and it was November - short days and longs nights in cold bivvys and no telly!!!

[waterboatman]

That's the Beacons right enough Welshie. Vera could never understand why I had no wish to go there for pleasure!

[Slapshot]

Copied it in just to how awake Minty was.... haven't been chastised in weeks... ;0)

As a child well about 18 stuck in a tent in the middle of an airfield with antiquated instruments and a knob end of a boss.... chucked it down, wasn't best pleased with that, or the full noddy kit job in a hanger in Rhinedalen as part of an ARRC ex in 35° heat....people were keeling over all over the place

[waterboatman]

Noddy suits. Yeah, remember them too. They made you sweat even in winter.

[WELSHYORKIE]

The following summer we had a cricket match at Crickhowell, which was our finishing point, and kept looking up at the hills muttering 2 words - one beginning with F the other B.......

[WELSHYORKIE]

Never made it to Rheindalen - wish I had, I loved Westphalia when I visited as a schoolboy

[Slapshot]

When the memsahib was pregnant with our 20yo daughter she had a minor (yeah right) wind issue...came home one morning with a respirator...she didn't see the funny side for some obscure reason!!