Month: November 2014
Visiting My Old Army Unit in Brisbane
I flew up to Brisbane yesterday afternoon to visit my old Army unit (85 Transport Troop) after an invitation from the Commander of 26 Transport Squadron to present a copy of my Vietnam diary to the unit. My flight up was non-eventful other than some dumb passenger had not boarded the plane and we were […]
Read MoreTo Essex and The Tower
Saturday saw us travelling to Essex with Barbara and David. They organised the day for us in return for me showing them around Melbourne when they visited a year or so ago. We caught the train from Liverpool Street Station to Chelmsford where they live and after meeting us at the station, we headed first […]
Read MoreLondon
The rain had cleared overnight so after breakfast yesterday we walked up to the shops in High Street, Kensington. They are much they same as I remember. We passed a construction site where a new block of luxury apartments has been under construction for a few years now. On our first visit to London, this […]
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