WAR HORSE

Was in the National Army Museum last night. They have a fantastic exhibition on War Horse,fact or fiction. I spotted this picture of Horse Artillery in World War 1. I had been thinking of the diaries which I had a hand in." From Geordie Land to No Mans Land" has become a bit of a hit. It had a full page in the Sun. See the link:http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/campaigns/our_boys/3987331/Heros-Somme-diary-published-after-93yrs.html The books are going well and can be purchased via Amazon.

WHY LOOK AWAY? WHY INDEED!

I was delighted to learn that gifted musician, Lomotey (AKA Lawrence) Narhkom, who plays the trumpet in the Band of the Grenadier Guards, has recently released his first single ‘Why Look Away’ and will very kindly be donating 10% of the proceeds to ABF The Soldiers’ Charity.

The single is available to download through iTunes and Amazon to name a couple.

Thank you for your support, Lawrence, and good luck with the single!

VARIETY CHRISTMAS LUNCH

Here we are at the Variety Xmas lunch. Variety Club of GB as it was called has re branded to "Variety, the Children's Charity". Interesting that this is so similar our re-branding. The Soldiers' Charity and Variety have strong links and Variety make donations to The Soldiers' Charity to help and support Army children. This is a sixties party so I should be in tune as I was then a teenager.

THINK OF OTHERS IN PERIL ON THE SEA

While we’re enjoying wonderful weather in London today, spare a thought for the Row 2 Recovery team who are sat in the stifling cabin sending their blog with a naked Will Dixon lying alongside applying white spirit to his stump in an effort to tough in up. Find out more here

http://www.row2recovery.com/

SCRAMBLE!! SCRAMBLE!!

This is the Battle of Britain Memorial on the Embankment and most impressive it is too. Beautifully sculpted it really makes an impression. We were taking a guided tour of "Heroes of London" and visited statues of Gordon of Khartoum and others. Met my daughter and son in law for lunch and he told me his grandfather's name is on the Memorial. The Battle of Britain one I mean , not Gordon's!!