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New year in Oamaru
2 Jan 2017 06:14 pmOur neighbour Michael the Bookbinder invited us to a new year's party. He's the one who dresses in Victorian clothes every day...
... even when clearing the gutters on his house.
He invited us to a new year's party. ( Photos including Noisel the cat )
I discovered from all Michael's books on the Napoleonic wars that he's a wargamer with thousands of tiny hand-painted soldiers and equipment from the period; we spent some time looking at those and he was impressed with how much I knew. I used to wargame but my period was the WW2 North African campaign and I used boards and counters. I wish I still had them now.
... even when clearing the gutters on his house.
He invited us to a new year's party. ( Photos including Noisel the cat )
I discovered from all Michael's books on the Napoleonic wars that he's a wargamer with thousands of tiny hand-painted soldiers and equipment from the period; we spent some time looking at those and he was impressed with how much I knew. I used to wargame but my period was the WW2 North African campaign and I used boards and counters. I wish I still had them now.