The first days of the New Year.

The first four days of the New Year and I can’t say anything has changed all that much, all I can say “I am glad that we are back to normal”. I have nothing against the festivities of Christmas and New Year but all in all it’s a bit tedious and the older I get the more I am glad when it’s all over.
On Monday most of the people go back to work. This year they have had along break, 16 days from the 20th of December till the 5th of January the reason is mostly to do with the finance situation. Some of the car manufactures don’t go back till the middle of this month.
One of my main goals this year is to buy a digital reflex camera, not the top model, which I can’t afford anyway. I was thinking of the Canon 450D with a lens 18-55 mm to start with and later on a 55-250 mm tele.
So I am now saving my pennies and my wife said that she would put something towards it for my birthday.
The weather here is very cold and we have had snow, according to the meteorologist we are in for a lot of snow tonight and then a very cold spell with temperatures reaching 20 degrees below freezing, so it looks like I will have to put my long John’s on.
First run of the year this morning and a good run it was as well over a distance of 10 km, I thoroughly enjoy myself, for some that must be hard to believe!
I said “I would be probably making something different in my Blog this year” Well here is the first instalment of. Short story’s of past incidents in my army life (funny and sometimes sad)
Hope you enjoy reading them?
Take care out there were ever you are. Tshüss
The photo today is what you would call home sweet home. Taken when I was out walking with the dog.

This is my Regiment

The Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers)
On 1st July 1958 the East Lancashire and South Lancashire Regiments amalgamated to form The Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers).
In its short life the Regiment served in Hong Kong, Germany, Swaziland, Cyprus, and Malta. However it is justifiably best remembered for the distinguished role it played in 1967, during the final months of the bitter anti-terrorist campaign in Aden, where its officers and men received more operational and gallantry awards than any other unit.
On 25th March 1970 the Regiment amalgamated with The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire), to form The Queen's Lancashire Regiment.

Short story’s of past incidents in my army life (funny and sometimes sad)
My fist encounter with the British Army was in June 1960. I had to report to the recruiting barracks in Full-wood Preston Lancashire, (funny enough I was actually born there in Full-wood infirmary)
Seeing that I lived in Leyland and that is only about five to six miles from Preston I didn’t have far to travel. I arrived in the middle of the morning carrying my personal things in a bag including shaving tackle, which I had never used in my life up to this point (I had no beard)
I reported in at the main gate, which for me was the normal thing to do. A corporal came out of the guardhouse and asked me very politely if he could help me. I showed him my reporting documents and before I could blink this stupid sod bawled me out, “who the fu…. hell did I think I was the fu… commanding officer” he told me to get my body to the side entrance and at the double, and he meant what he said. It’s then that I realised I was in the army.
To be continued.