Frosty nights.

Today Saturday and the cold weather is continuing with the nightly frosts contently being around 12 below. Today was the first time in a week were during the day they were around Zero. On average the daily temperature have been around 5 to 6 below.
This afternoon I drove to the Unterbachersee (a lake) a local nature reserve were there is a large lake (I have shown photo’s of the lake in my early posts) I was interested to see if it was frozen over and if people were allowed to go on the ice.
On arriving the car parks were full and a descent sized crowd were on the ice. I had my camera with me and took one or two photo’s.
There wasn’t a cloud in the sky and I decided to return later on for the sunset. Sorry to say I left it a bit to late in setting off from home and I missed the sunset by a quarter of an hour.
I may have an other attempt tomorrow evening.
Oh!! I had to throw two bottles of beer away because they had gone bad on me (to old) now that has never happed to me in my life. For me that’s a warning I have to drink my beer faster in the future.
The photo’s are from the lake the foot prints are of some animal or more.
Take care out there were ever you are. Tshüss

Short story’s of past incidents in my army life (funny and sometimes sad)

You just can’t walk around a training barracks in civilian cloths and not get stopped and asked who you are! And why the hell you are slouching around instead of marching and of course not swinging your arms shoulder high.
Trying to find my room were my bed was I was stopped a least twice by some NCO’s and was told to swing my arms shoulder height when going from A to B and of course the same old line, “your in the army now”.
After at least, what I thought was age’s I found the room were my stuff and my bed was. Later on I found out how lucky I was that my personal belongings hadn’t been nicked while I was being shown were the cookhouse was.
I decided that I wasn’t going to go for tea because I hadn’t got a clue how the procedure went. It was a good thing that I didn’t go because I hadn’t been issued with a mug and knife fork and spoon, which of course one needs for a meal.
So I made my bed and I must admit I was feeling very sorry for myself and wishing that I was at home were I belonged.
I went to bed early because there wasn’t anything else to do I heard different bugle calls and people shouting during the evening then I fell asleep. The next thing I knew I was on the floor with the bed on top of me and a sergeant standing over me yelling what the hell was I doing in bed when reveille had sounded ten minuets ago. (In the army you have to have both feet on the ground 3 minuets after reveille has been blown)
To be continued