The Old Tin Shed

Today marked the end of WWI some 95 years ago.  Our Honored dead are not forgotten, we all in our own way stop for a moment today to take breath and give tribute to the fortitude and sacrifice of these men. They went to war when the world was ruled by empires, and beating the enemy wasn't about taking ground but to run them out of men.  A true meat grinder was the western front, with mud blood and disease.  Against all that is natural in man they went over the top into blinding machine gun fire to face certain death, something that I couldn't even imagine. Although the world has seen the passing of the last veteran their sacrifice means more today than ever, they fought for what was right, and in the end they changed the world forever. I wonder though if at times we forget the free world the lived in, the freedom of travel and ideas, but I transgress.  Today celebrated the 20th anniversary of the re-internment of the unknown soldier at the national war memori...

I know I haven't been around much, for that I do apologise for those who I have not been reading and commenting, I will be doing so in the next couple days.  The long and the short of it, been really busy business is doing things which is great for me, but means less down time to blog.  Have made some changes to make that better so should be around for a bit. Anyway was watching a doco tonight on old war birds, so thought I would do a photo blog from images around the web of those beautiful fighting machines.  Of course I wont get them all but if you can think of something that I should most definitely add please let me know. Sopwith Pup WWI Sopwith Camel Supermarine Spitfire  ME109 Corsair Mitsubishi Zero Dehavilland Mosquito Fighter Bomber P45 Mustang F86 Saber Mig 15 F4-C Phantom Mig 21 Well that's as many as you get this post.  I will make another...