Bovington Tankfest 2014 Part 2: Modern Armour

   My least favorite part of the show, to be honest. They were still pretty cool, however.

Bovington Photos Part 1

   Photos from my trip with my son, Dane, to the Tank Museum in Bovington, UK, for Tankfest 2014. There will be more to come in future posts.

A proper Breakfast before Tankfest 2014

Mk. IV Male Tank, replica for the film Warhorse

1/6 scale remote control models

First of several WWII reenactor groups

Paras

Soviet Commissar with AT rifle

Mr. Edward Fox, who played Gen. Horricks in A Bridge Too Far

A very nice gentleman, he signed my program.

A camouflaged PaK 40.

Only a couple of hundred yards away, it was hard to see.

L'Musee d'Armee at Les Invalides

   Having recently returned from Paris, I thought I would share some of the multitude of photos that I took at the Musee d'Armee (Army Museum, duh) at the Invalides. The Invalides was a hospital for discharged soldeirs of France (some parts still act as a treatment center, actually), intended to keep them off the streets of Paris where their appearance as cripples and beggars made recruitment a bit more difficult. A pragmatic move that turned out to be a good idea. Anyway, the majority is now a museum, and holds the Tomb of Napoleon. And Foch, for that matter, who killed a lot of French soldiers.

   The last two photos are actually from the Louvre.

Marchand at Fashoda

Charles De Gaulle, who single handedly won World War II in Europe.

One of a series of amazing fortress models.

This model was immense. Probably 12 foot square.

Rochambeau

Napoleon III

"Ultima Ratio Regum"

Happy Independence Day!

Liberty, in the Luxembourg Gardens, Paris

   Even though we are in Paris today, it is still Independence Day! Sort of fitting, since the French did help us win our independence from King George III back in the 18th century. I believe it was the last time the French were of much help to the United States, but still...

HAPPY 4th OF JULY!

Today I am...

HERE:

EATING THIS:

Wye Valley Pie, with Brains SA

IN THIS PUB:

BEFORE VISITING HERE:

Cardiff Castle

ALONG WITH:

Dane, my younger son (first shave, a year or so back)

Color me happy.