Merry xmas!!

Well, thats it... nearly time for St. Nick to make his appearance.  I hope you all get a chance to put your feet up, play with toys, and have a lovely Xmas.

Last game of the year

My last game of 2023 was a huge multiplayer VBCW game organised by Eric the Shed and using his fabulous terrain collection.  There's a post on the excellent Shed Wars blog with lots of photos which really give a feel for the size of the L shaped table and the terrain.

My photos show my end of the table and the hard-fought advance that my Lanarkshire miners, backed up by Hamilton Accies made towards the British Mince Pie factory to seize control of the means of production.  A great Xmas game and a brilliant way to end the year in good company.

 

Book Haul

 

I used to occasionally pop a summary of books I've been reading on the blog but haven't done that for ages.  To be honest, these days I get through fewer books as I've usually nodded off before I've read more than a couple of pages!  I might try and pull together a list of recent books soon, but here is a haul of books acquired either as a birthday gift from my son (the Ben Aaronovitch, and Lost Realms), or from the excellent second hand bookshop at Hatchlands, a NT property in Surrey... we were there as it's a nice spot to walk the dogs but it's always worth popping into the bookshop.

I picked up a 2nd hand copy of Iron Dawn after a random conversation with a man sitting next to me on  train from Glasgow to London recently.  I spotted the title and asked if it was worth reading...  there followed a long chat about ACW Ironclads before he got off at Preston (or maybe he was just running away from the strange man on the train!).  God knows what the people sitting opposite us thought!

And on a final literary note, I recently discovered this blue plaque to of my favourite authors, Joseph Conrad, just round the corner from my employers main office... I only go there occasionally but had never spotted it till now.