Been meaning to ask Roy, if you don't mind, what's the O.B.E for ?
Been meaning to ask Roy, if you don't mind, what's the O.B.E for ?
Oh right. Sounds very interesting. It certainly made sitting in 'an office' seem all the more banal looking at that anyway. Thanks for sharing the pic.Originally Posted by Brotherton Lad
Yes and some pretty bad ones, too. The ten days just before that pic had been a bit hairy. I remember coming back in one night and smoking half a packet of cigarettes in quick succession, which is odd because I don't smoke.
Ian, Why jump out of a bush if you're all cammed up inside one?
I can see I'm going to regret this. Just an MBE (my breaking and entering), I used to hang out with this gang in East Germany before the Wall came down:
http://www.brixmis.co.uk/
You'll have to buy me a pint some time.
But back to Bosnia. If you're interested it's worth looking at James Mason's pictures, he's a good photograher. Make sure you read the comments beneath, eg the Travnik album. Gives an excellent flavour of the Balkans and a problem that hasn't gone away. All this was frozen by the Cold War and erupted when it ended. It will return.
Last edited by Brotherton Lad; 16-11-2010 at 10:12 PM.
Next race Roy, the beer's are on me !
You're on. Apologies to everyone else. Bit of a shocking trip down memory lane today. Lest we forget.
Never apologise for things like that Roy.
An old friend of mine was killed over there actually circa 94, maybe 95. Now he WAS a runner...unbelievable over 400m.
On a lighter note, you do look absolutely rock hard in that photo.
Anybody found any more photos of the race yet? I sneaked onto one of Jellybabyfairy's. Thought there would be a few more kicking about, there seemed to be a fair few photographers on the course!
Be Humble. Sit Down.
Sorry to hear that, which mob was he with? Duke of Boots had a hard time around then.
And thanks. We all grew up very quickly out there. My running's not been the same since though.
Last edited by Brotherton Lad; 17-11-2010 at 11:07 AM.
Just been flicking through the other photos and there was a good quote under one of them:
When an out-going NATO commander-in-chief, a German, was asked by a reporter what was the world's best army, he answered "The world's best army is the one with American equipment, German officers, and British soldiers."
And I'm not being flippant, but I also found the ones of Sam Fox quite 'interesting'!
Not sure to be honest without checking. I do have the details somewhere. He was out on patrol in a truck and somebody/a group of people dropped a lump of concrete off a bridge onto his vehicle. It went throught the roof/windshield and crushed the poor sod. He wasn't wearing his helmet.
We used to have some amazing running battles out on that athletics field but he always had something extra and had the edge over me most of the time. I believe our old school has an athletics award named after him now. Sapper Ian Collins. A great bloke.
Be Humble. Sit Down.
Sapper means he was a Royal Engineer. 2001 in Macedonia.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...h-soldier.html
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