Mad Doug Biker
Just a damaged guy.
- Location
- Craggy Island
If IOW qualifies then I too have been overseas.Similarly Guernsey,Mull,Islay & The Scillies
I have been over Cs' too - The various carpets here in the house!!
If IOW qualifies then I too have been overseas.Similarly Guernsey,Mull,Islay & The Scillies
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Guernsey is definitely abroad, by any definition. It's not in the EU and has its own government and currency.If IOW qualifies then I too have been overseas.BTDTGTTS(brevet card actually).
Similarly Guernsey,Mull,Islay & The Scillies but no brevets
Topped that.I too am going overseas tomorrow - to the Isle of Wight
Topped that.
Space Travel later this week.
Wigan...
An inter-planetry experience.
Just pulling your leg Wiganers.
My dad too, joined in 1949, served 28 years. Flew twice...and that was two times too many according to him. I suspect the planes then were uncomfortable, noisy, prop driven transports..he hated flying.. Doing recovery of crashed aircraft in Germany probably didnt help though, he told us once of his disgust at his colleagues who quite happily took packs of cigarettes from the breast pockets of dead passengers who's seats had sheared, compressing 20 or so poor souls into the front of the plane.My Dad was in the RAF in 1944 -1948, and served much of his tour of duty in Germany, which was of course just about wrecked, structurally, economically and in just about every other way.
Once he returned from the RAF he never went abroad again. I think that the misery that he had seen over there put him off, although it was something he never talked about, even if asked.
As a result, I was not exactly encouraged to go abroad, and didn't do so at all until I was about 25.
I really feel for vet's of all wars/conflicts from WW1 & previous to Afghan & into the future.My Dad was in the RAF in 1944 -1948, and served much of his tour of duty in Germany, which was of course just about wrecked, structurally, economically and in just about every other way.
Once he returned from the RAF he never went abroad again. I think that the misery that he had seen over there put him off, although it was something he never talked about, even if asked.
As a result, I was not exactly encouraged to go abroad, and didn't do so at all until I was about 25.
& home is where the heart is.tis the place i call home
& home is where the heart is.