Little Muddle

[Winslow Boy]

3 hours ago, Limpley Stoker said:

Is this Charles Dowding demonstrating no-dig gardening ?
 

 

 

 

 

I want to know why his hands are in his pockets. What's he hiding.

 

Is it that he hasn't actually done anything to get his hands mucky and embarrassed that he might be photographed he's not showing them.

 

Other answers are available but as this is a family friendly thread I'll leave them up to your imagination.

 

It could of course be that Kevin couldn't be a£-_#d enough to model him holding a bottle of LM's pale ale.

[KNP]

A slight repeat of an earlier picture of the newly installed gate but from lower angle which I think works better but then I like low (eye level) type pictures

 

Edited April 25, 2023 by KNP

[Limpley Stoker]

Certainly eye level shots are engaging in your domain -there is  nothing to spoil the illusion.

 I’d like to bring my dog to walk down to the viaduct and beyond, it’s so inviting. I’m hoping it’s a public right of way !  

[Ponthir28]

Bloody marvellous photo!

[MrWolf]

That scene just takes me back to places I went in childhood, forty odd years after the Little Muddle era. Truly captivating image.

[Gedward]

 

Awesome master Kevin.

[Benbow]

I do like that picture! 

[KNP]

Thanks for all your nice comments about the last picture but funny enough as soon as I saw it on the camera back screen and then after editing it I thought I’ve got that one right.

 

Onwards to the next picture that ‘works’ whenever  that will be but I will keep trying for that elusive good picture!!!!

[Chris116]

13 minutes ago, KNP said:

I will keep trying for that elusive good picture!!!!

This thread proves that the "elusive good picture" is not at all elusive at Little Muddle!

[KNP]

Getting ready to depart after taking all the coal?

 

[Sweet pea]

Another lovely shot Kevin, I do like these shots at eye level.👍

[Ponthir28]

Scarecrow view.

[St Enodoc]

On 24/04/2023 at 05:44, Banger Blue said:

 

The Marksmanship Principles:

 

1. The shooting position and hold must be firm enough to support the weapon.

2. The weapon must point naturally at the target without any undue physical effort.

3. Sight alignment and sight picture must be correct.

4. The shot must be released and followed through without undue disturbance to the position.

 

 

Takes me back to CCF days at Bisley (.303" of course, not 7.62mm).

[MrWolf]

30 minutes ago, St Enodoc said:

Takes me back to CCF days at Bisley (.303" of course, not 7.62mm).

 

We trained on .303 as cadets, using Enfield Mk4s and then someone thought it a good idea to let us loose with a Bren gun, despite the fact that the British army hadn't used them for years either. 

 

I'm glad not to have been part of the playstation generation!

[St Enodoc]

1 minute ago, MrWolf said:

 

We trained on .303 as cadets, using Enfield Mk4s and then someone thought it a good idea to let us loose with a Bren gun, despite the fact that the British army hadn't used them for years either. 

 

I'm glad not to have been part of the playstation generation!

We had a non-functional Bren gun that we used to have to take apart and put back together - not blindfolded though!

[Banger Blue]

1 hour ago, MrWolf said:

 

We trained on .303 as cadets, using Enfield Mk4s and then someone thought it a good idea to let us loose with a Bren gun, despite the fact that the British army hadn't used them for years either. 

 

I'm glad not to have been part of the playstation generation!

 

1 hour ago, St Enodoc said:

We had a non-functional Bren gun that we used to have to take apart and put back together - not blindfolded though!

When I first went out to RAF Germany in 1989, we had the L4 Light Machine Gun (LMG) which was essentially a 7.62 version of the Bren Gun. It used a 30 round magazine but could also take the 20 round magazine as used by the standard issue Self Loading Rifle (SLR). 
Carrying the gun wasn’t too bad but the spare rounds had to be lugged round in a box (300 - 10x 30 rnd mags)!

Knackering, even over the short distances we needed to cover, especially in a respirator. 🫣

 

Apologies to Kevin for the thread hijack, which does seem to be at gunpoint! 😂

[NHY 581]

Yep. 

 

Joined the T.A in 1993. Our weapons were Browning 9mm pistol, the SMG which was the Sterling and the Bren. We had only just lost the SLR. 

 

Rob. 

[KNP]

An unusual angle which i don't use much as you can see the edge of the layout

 

[Sweet pea]

Kevin I think taking a picture from a different angle is not a bad thing as it shows you a different view which keeps the juices flowing.😉

[Dragonboy]

And there’s so much to see in the photo that the occasional glimpse over the edge of the world hardly matters and certainly doesn’t detract.

 

Brian

[brumtb]

On 26/04/2023 at 11:55, MrWolf said:

 

We trained on .303 as cadets, using Enfield Mk4s and then someone thought it a good idea to let us loose with a Bren gun, despite the fact that the British army hadn't used them for years either. 

 

I'm glad not to have been part of the playstation generation!

Ah the CCF, apparently I was an embarrassment (second from right) when this picture appeared in the Stratford Herald!

King Edward VI School Stratford upon Avon CCF Parade 1964/65.

 

      Tony

[MrWolf]

Still in the 1948 pattern uniforms! We got castoff 1970s camo and the "Action Man" itchy jumpers! We used to buy those old lapelled jackets for £2 from the army surplus store in the 1980s and wear them under our bike jackets for insulation. Some were even the wartime pattern, try finding them now! 

The Enfield rifles look the same though, we used to call them "muskets".😃

[KNP]

Found this in the file which I hadn't posted so here is what I hope is the last of the gate pictures.

Well three gates really with Stan Dare, just standing......

 

 

Edit

so let’s put the right name in then????

I blame predictive text, I do….

So flare 

Edited April 28, 2023 by KNP

[Fishplate]

On 26/04/2023 at 14:36, NHY 581 said:

We had only just lost the SLR. 

 

Bet the Sarj wasn't happy about that. Losing Government equipment??? What if a paramilitary organisation got hold of it????  I bet it's those Brownies sneaking off their toadstools in the village hall and up to no good again . . . .

[Ponthir28]

And a sheep hiding its head behind a tree. I can see you.