Mark Banning
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Mark Banning
@mgbtours.bsky.social
Grumpy old git, used to be a battlefield guide, still loves Ypres and the Somme. Likes a cig and a drink...semi retired, but you never are totally, are you?
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Up Helly Aa fire festival lights up Shetland - BBC News

Old gits like me know about this sort of thing thanks to Blue Peter. I'm sure John and Peter took part in it. Is there anything as educational and stimulating for kids nowadays,as Blue Peter was for us?
Up Helly Aa fire festival lights up Shetland
The annual event celebrates Shetland's Norse heritage, on the last Tuesday in January, in Lerwick.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 28, 2025 at 7:46 PM
First post, or whatever it is called, on here.

Researching some details for something next year, at a hardly known supporting action for the Battle of Loos. The losses are quite incredible for absolutely no gain at all. I most definitely do not subscribe to the LLBD school of thought, but....#ww1
November 26, 2024 at 10:30 PM
To those who might have followed me on Twitter, as it was, I'm on here now. Not long back from Ypres for Armistice. Had a stop at Lijssenthoek on our way to Ypres.
November 15, 2024 at 12:34 AM