Not today; but yesterday.
Me and Kraut went cycling in The Hurtgenwald, 45kms. Of which 22.5km went up and the others went down.
Seen a lot of bunkers, trenches, commandpost-holes and other WW2 remains.
would be good to see some pics next time your out there? 
would be good to see some pics next time your out there?
We went lightweight and on our ATB's. So didn't brought a camera this time during the cycling. Maybe next time.
But, here some pictures we made 1.5years ago (we went by car) in the same area: http://www.ww2airsoft.eu/media/thumbnai ... =18&page=1
In the pics where you see us cooking: we are in one of the larger 'holes' dug during WW2. Don't mind 'the other' pictures 
This weekend I have been wearing in my new boots by walking to the shops, wearing them around the house and doing the gardening in them.
I have also spent about three hours trying on various permutations of German load bearing equipment in preparation for Volturno. Main aims are:
i) to carry a lot more water than at Hauptmann Horn and Il Gigio
ii) easy access to my sandwiches.
An army marches on its stomach!
Cheers
Martin
"Mistakes in the initial deployment cannot be rectified" Helmuth von Moltke
Toys: AGM MP40, Cyma M1A1, TM M14/G43/SVT40, TM VSR/K98, SnS No. 4, ASG Sten, Ppsh.
Arnhem3,Gumrak,Campoleone
..made a cast iron open fire cooking tripod for Flying Lead. It'll also be fine for ww2 stuff, too.
...removed the last of the tied-in bricks from a wall in our house where we removed a redundant chimney breast,
...rebuilt the corner of the back garden fence and topped it with as much barbed-wire coils to make PoW camp feel insecure, 
...fitted a new coatrack/hat-shelf combination thing to our front hallway - there's already a 2 greatcoats, a top hat and an NVA "mushroom" helmet on it, 
...fitted my new barrel (PSG + internal silencer type - longest standard barrel avaliable!)to my Vickers! 
A Proud Member Of 'Team Spleen!' who play mainly at Gunman Airsoft, Tuddenham, Suffolk.
took on the massed m4 lovers with my new mp40 at a walk on day ,now to re-tighten and threadlock all the bits that came loose.
armoury
m1a1 Thompson,sten mk2,mp40,stg44,sterling,mk2 bren gun,lee Enfield no4 mk1,Mauser Kar98, Walther ppk,smith and Weston m10 and Mauser m712
Give me a big enough hammer and a place to stand and I could fix the world.
i'll kill a man in a fair fight or if i think he's going to start a fair fight or over a woman or.......
a problem shared is a problem halved ,but an advantage shared is no advantage at all
if a job's not worth doing then its certainly not worth doing well
....opened a virtual bottle of champagne to celebrate the 69th birthday of my Dodge 
...Saw what i believe was a spitfire flying around (well it was either a spitfire or a hurricane) whilst walking my dog. It was flying and doing tricks over Lord Suffolk's estate, close to where I live. It did plenty of low passes overhead me to turn back over the estate. I was just in awe of it, as it's been years since i've seen a flying one up as close as I did today. 
finished stripping the paint of my mp40 and cold blueing it,so mutch work on sutch a little amount of paint but the results are stunning if i do say so myself
armoury
m1a1 Thompson,sten mk2,mp40,stg44,sterling,mk2 bren gun,lee Enfield no4 mk1,Mauser Kar98, Walther ppk,smith and Weston m10 and Mauser m712
Give me a big enough hammer and a place to stand and I could fix the world.
i'll kill a man in a fair fight or if i think he's going to start a fair fight or over a woman or.......
a problem shared is a problem halved ,but an advantage shared is no advantage at all
if a job's not worth doing then its certainly not worth doing well
Started work on my Kriegsmarine Coastal Artillery tunic.
Transferred the 12 original [rather expensive now] buttons that I had on my U-boat denims to the tunic.
Who knew the Küstenartillerie buttons were subtly different from all other KM buttons?
This left the U-boat denims without buttons. I found some gold coloured ones of the right size and painted those. [They were repros] First grey primer then a greenish tan to match the originals as best I could. I baked the paint on in a small oven and gave them a black wash to fit with the general grubby nature of the denims.
Sewing and bevo folding starts tomorrow.
aka Stigroadie
AFRA
better by design
"Truth is a shining goddess, always veiled, always distant, never wholly approachable, but worthy of all the devotion of which the human spirit is capable. "
Started work on my Kriegsmarine Coastal Artillery tunic.
Transferred the 12 original [rather expensive now] buttons that I had on my U-boat denims to the tunic.
Who knew the Küstenartillerie buttons were subtly different from all other KM buttons?
And exactly what size BB's are you planning on using in your Coastal Artillery? 
88mm, of course. You don't get many in a bottle, though.
You've got nothing to ein, zwei, drei, vier
Got all the wood and metal furniture I need for my weapon crate
Work starts tomorrow
Cad
Impressions:
U.S. 35th Inf Tech Sargeant
British Royal Artillery Gunner
Generic SS Mann
Weapons:
Cyma M1A1
ASG Sten MK2
ASG MP40
TM M1911A1
WE Browning High Power
HFC Mauser C96
...Saw what i believe was a spitfire flying around (well it was either a spitfire or a hurricane) whilst walking my dog. It was flying and doing tricks over Lord Suffolk's estate, close to where I live. It did plenty of low passes overhead me to turn back over the estate. I was just in awe of it, as it's been years since i've seen a flying one up as close as I did today.
I think its somewhere in the forum rules that you have to be able to identify the difference between a Hurricane and a Spitfire. Incidentally its probably a Spitfire.
Show me a man who will jump out of an airplane, and I'll show you a man who will fight!
General James M. Gavin
CRY HAVOC AND LET LOOSE THE DOGS OF WAR
Found out that I made the shortlist for a major promotion (and pay rise!) at work!
When I want your opinion - I'll tell you what it is!
Fingers crossed for you, Pete!
You've got nothing to ein, zwei, drei, vier
Fingers crossed for you, Pete!
Thanks mate. Only problem is, if I get it, I'll have far less free time (the wife already moans about how much time I spend away wild camping and "playing soldiers"). Never mind, a 10 grand a year pay rise might shut her up! 
When I want your opinion - I'll tell you what it is!
...cleaned out the guttering, helped de-weed the front and side driveways, and found out that my Astra's alternator has died a death... 
A Proud Member Of 'Team Spleen!' who play mainly at Gunman Airsoft, Tuddenham, Suffolk.
Went to Xsite High Wycombe for an open day blatfest in my WW2 gear. Was a good laugh Only down side i lost one of my eye cups on my binoculars but think i have already found a cheap replacement
...and found out that my Astra's alternator has died a death...
...aquired a replacement car on lend from my families fleet of vehicles, so I can now get to work tomorrow and deffinately have a means of transport for getting to The Volturno Affair
A Proud Member Of 'Team Spleen!' who play mainly at Gunman Airsoft, Tuddenham, Suffolk.
