Pendraken on tour!

[Bernie]

Hi

Yep Banastre Tarleton of the famous hats and the bloody career in American War of Indepedence was of old Lancashire county stock and became MP for Liverpool after the war

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Right, let's get this started properly:

Back from 4 lovely days in Southwold (okay, two and a half lovely days, one day of rain, half a day of sickness)

I did not get my order in in time to get the figures for Soul Bay through, but here are some mobile phone shots of Southwold, and a few attacking forces.


An American General trying to infiltrate through the lines, only to be repelled by the bucket and spade brigade!


16th Prussian Infantry regiment, Wedell's Brigade, X Corps.
They landed at Southwold Harbour campsite, then tried to turn North towards the idilic and unsuspecting town on teh hill. You can just see the light house and the Brewery chimney, their objective was Gun Hill, the green sward to the right of the light house, where they were to secure the 6 18lbers and the beach front (which during WWI the Germans bombed it and the town from zepellin several times, thinking the 18th Century 18 pounders were a threat).

This was shortly before meeting the insurmountable force of the lovely Mrs Lemmy saying 'What are you doing?' and them sneaking back to Prussian in embarresment!

I did not get as much painted as I wished because after visiting Adnams Brewery and two days on the beach in blistering sunshine and a dodgy burger, I was rather too delicate to paint for two days 

Unfortunately, the action sequence of the Prussians adavancing up the beach at Southwold and then having an icecream on the pier has been forever lost, along with my camera and all the family photos, as I put the camera down somewhere this lunchtime, and by the time I had driven the 8 miles there and back again, it was gone! Thankfully it was the 8 year old spare and weighed as much as a brick, but had a load of good piccies on it 

[Sandinista]

kill

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

kill

Kill what?

[goat major]

The wabbit ?

I like the thought of the prussians advancing on Southwold - it's like a chapter from a spy adventure set in 1900

You are very brave taking a whole regiment camping !

[Nosher]

Bugger - Southwold is literally 15 minutes up the road from me  We could have set up a small skirmish on the beach!

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

I had the whole of Weddel's Brigade, 9th Dragoons and the remains of my Wurrtenberg division with me (2 infantry, 5 gun batteries)! I was planning to get loads done at night, but only did Dark blue and dark grey base coats before I fell ill !  

Nosher,. that would have been hilarious!

[Sandinista]

kill

oops, post pub posting phuque-up 

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

oops, post pub posting phuque-up 

I thought I'd really overdone it and it was a post kill! *phew*

[goat major]

well i'm off on me jollies this afternoon accompanied by some stowaways from the League of Augsberg. Hoping to get some pics of them sunning themselves when the wife isnt watching !

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Horrah!

[Leon]

well i'm off on me jollies this afternoon accompanied by some stowaways from the League of Augsberg. Hoping to get some pics of them sunning themselves when the wife isnt watching !

[goat major]

This being a record of the Kings Foote Guards invasion of Italy in the Year of our Lord 2011

After crossing the channel, the Guards make quick progress into central France along a surprisingly well cobbled road




The city of Beaune falls without a fight, the brave troopers survey the town spying out opportunities for plunder




The Alps form a mighty barrier to most armies, but the Guards intend to follow in the footsteps of Hannibal




The supply train cannot follow through the mountains so its necessary to forage - living on no more  than Alpine funghi




Decending into Italy a torrential river presents the next challenge




But the Kings Guards are ever resourceful




and now the Italian armies flee before them, leaving the Guards to relax with the spoils of victory

[Leon]

Haha, that's awesome!  Some well-travelled chaps right there!   

 

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

That was BRILLIANT! The last photo deserves a medal on it's own, but the lilo! LOL!