Back from Blighty...

Back from Blighty. Highlights were:

* A trip to Eastbourne (highest concentration of old ladies I have ever
seen) and the Redoubt - whose museum had a tatty Centurion tank with
white stars painted on it and a lot of Ulster memorabilia which I found very
amusing (a bit of a busman's holiday). There is a very good second hand
bookshop in the town.

* Getting to play with the No. 8, L98 and L86 (LSW) though not firing the
latter. Not nice. There is a new version coming out (L98A2) that is
self loading (semi-automatic only) and at long last will allow the use
of the blank-firing adaptor (BFA). We were the OPFOR for the cadets -
patrol up the lane, shot back a few times and die. I'm not a bad shot, though
considering how long I've been buggering about with airguns and worse this
should not be surprising.

The worst bit was definitely the drill. I am really, really bad at it, I have
no sense of rhythm at all (just as well I am not female and catholic then,
sorry for such a terrible attempt at a joke). Of course
it was beastly hot on the drill square - which makes a change, I
remember skidding on ice on the runway at Ballykelly (almost always cold and
wet or icy) and at Ballymena for the Methods of Instruction weekend they
cancelled the drill because the parade square was like an ice rink.

SO I passed the ITC and just need to go so Frimly Park sometime.

Now where did I put that CD with the files from the server at work, including
DS II?