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Jan and Paul in Spain 2012: June 2012
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Jan and Paul in Spain 2012. Friday, 29 June 2012. 25 June 2012 - Visit to Zaragoza. We joined a four day coach tour of Zaragoza and Teruel, mainly because of the day spent in the former. The city was the scene of a long and bitter siege during the Napoleonic wars in 1808. This is a period of particular interest to Jan and I, and we hoped to find some reminders of the fighting. The name of this very ordinary looking road is the giveaway. The road system of the city follows the original, and that made it e...
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1814 Campaign Diary: November 2014
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Wednesday, November 26, 2014. 13th April 1814 – Battle of Luneville. Austrian corps attack 9. French corps at Luneville. 2 Austrian corps is on attack orders. 9 French corps are on hold orders. Table at start of wargame. Both corps are on the table at the start of move one. Move 1 – 0800 to 0900. Austrian – cavalry advance and spot French. French – replace blind wit h figures and start to deploy. Move 2 – 0900 to 1000. French – continue to deploy and unlimber artillery. Move 3 – 1000 to 1100. French R...
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Jan and Paul in Spain 2013: May 2013
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Jan and Paul in Spain 2013. Thursday, 30 May 2013. 27 May 2013 – Gata and Soldates. Only six of us for the last walk of the season. This was expected and had nothing to do with the overcast weather. Most of the group are back in UK or have already started their summer holidays. Gata is not the prettiest of towns, but this photo shows it at its best. It is not long before we have left the town behind and are out in the “campo”. Or even perhaps share a joke. He looks very happy with himself. The sun had fi...
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Jan and Paul in Spain 2012: February 2012
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Jan and Paul in Spain 2012. Tuesday, 28 February 2012. 27 Feb 2012 – East Bernia. Due to a variety of medical problems there were only seven of us for this challenging walk. We were lucky with the weather today, warm but with a cool breeze. Just right for tackling Bernia. The first part of the walk is the same as Bernia via the Forat, but we then leave the path and head down hill into the valley. But not for long, we are soon walking uphill again. As we rested we spotted these wild goats. It might well h...
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1814 Campaign Diary: February 2015
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Friday, February 27, 2015. 18th April 1814 – Campaign Diary. First French and Prussian fight battle of Diest. Second French and Russian rest and resupply. Third French and Austrian fight battle of Arracourt. Fourth French and Bavarian both armies break contact. Fifth French and British fight two battles at Savaltiere and Kurutze. Sixth French and Spanish fight battle of Ripoll. First French and Prussian Army. French win battle of Diest. 3 Prussian march to sound of the guns. Second French and Russian Army.
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Jan and Paul in Spain 2015: 25 May 2015 – Javea to Portitxol
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Jan and Paul in Spain 2015. Friday, 29 May 2015. 25 May 2015 – Javea to Portitxol. We had a good turn out for our last walk before the summer break, possibly encouraged by an invitation to Wendy’s house for an end of season BBQ. This is a lovely walk, as well as being our regular start and end of season walk. The first part is a nice level walk along the beach. However this is followed by a steep climb, without the benefit of a path or track. And watch the locals at play. We also played a knock out footb...
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1814 Campaign Diary: May 2015
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Sunday, May 10, 2015. Summary of 1814 Campaign. 1814 Campaign Strategic Map. This was a fictional campaign set in 1814. The objective was to produce interesting battles for us to wargame. It was designed to use all of our model soldiers and scenery on our 6x6 foot wargames table. The campaign was designed in six areas, each with one allied and one French army. Prussian army objective was Brussels. Russian army objective was Luxembourg. Austrian army objective was Nancy. British army objective was Bayonne.
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Jan and Paul in Spain 2015: 9 May 2015 – Lliber to Senija
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Jan and Paul in Spain 2015. Sunday, 10 May 2015. 9 May 2015 – Lliber to Senija. This was our first walk with the CBMW this year. It was a new walk to us, and we were looking forward to finding an alternative route for our regular walk between Lliber and Senija. It was a very hot day and we were not surprised to find a large group of walkers for this relatively easy CBMW walk. There was a little climbing at the start, but would then level out. Instead they had offered a meal after the walk. There were als...
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Jan and Paul in Spain 2015: April 2015
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Jan and Paul in Spain 2015. Thursday, 30 April 2015. 27 April 2015 – Bolulla Castle. Bright and sunny, but quite cold, as we met at Kilometer Seven on the Castells to Tarbena road. It is often a few degrees colder at Castells than Parcent, and today was no exception. Most arrived in shirt sleeves, but quickly donned jackets or jumpers. Ken and Sylvia joined us again, after a break of two weeks to entertain visitors. They brought our numbers up to a respectable eight. Thanks to David for this one. It was ...
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Jan and Paul in Spain 2013: 26 December 2013 – Boxing Day at Rothbury
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Jan and Paul in Spain 2013. Monday, 6 January 2014. 26 December 2013 – Boxing Day at Rothbury. Bright and sunny for our traditional Christmas walk on Cragside, the hill at t he back of Stuart’s house. The walk starts with a steep climb through a farm, which has the most attractive Angus (? The mum was not very impressed with me, but “little un” seemed quite fascinated. The walk continues through a large woods, with a lovely little clearing packed with bird boxes. Guess who had the larger half! 20 - Holid...
