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Macbeth Act 1 Scene 1

4th March 2023 Going Postal 0

Welcome to the second of Crom’s Deep Dives. I was touched by some of your comments on the first of this series and found they motivated me to find the time to commence this second [more…]

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The Man Who Played Ross – Chapter 13

4th April 2021 Blown Periphery 0

Operation Determine – Afghanistan 2001/2002 In the New Year they reassembled back at their Hereford base and the troop was told they would be operating in Afghanistan for a number of months. Edge was noticeable [more…]

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Merry Christmas, Sergeant Edge – A Festive Tail

28th March 2021 Blown Periphery 0

In the winter of 2000, Jarvis passed his Special Forces selection. Following his Pathfinder training he expected the selection process to be a mere formality, but he found it a lot more difficult than he [more…]

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The Man Who Played Ross – Chapter 12

21st March 2021 Blown Periphery 0

Operation Barras – September 2000 Despite the British military presence in the country, Sierra Leone’s civil war rumbled on. The country would remain important to Britain because of its huge resources of diamonds. The West [more…]

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The Man Who Played Ross – Chapter 11

14th March 2021 Blown Periphery 0

Operation Palliser – May 2000 Jarvis was at his parents’ house, being spoiled rotten by his mother and indulged by his father. But the happy families’ illusion was deceptive, because he knew that his parents [more…]

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The Man Who Played Ross – Chapter 10

7th March 2021 Blown Periphery 0

Operation Agricola – Kosovo 1999 The problem with a weak, compliant, unquestioning and corrupt mainstream media, is that it enabled corrupt, Champagne Marxist politicians, such as Anthony Charles Lynton Blair to become the British Prime [more…]

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The Man Who Played Ross – Chapter 9

28th February 2021 Blown Periphery 0

January 1997 – Salisbury Plain It could have been anywhere, Northern Ireland, Bosnia, but this time it was Wiltshire. The C130 rattled the window frames as it passed 200 feet above the houses below, leaving [more…]

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The Man Who Played Ross – Chapter 8

21st February 2021 Blown Periphery 0

Jarvis got hold of a couple of jerry cans of diesel fuel that morning and topped up the Land Rover. While Danny DI’d the vehicle he made a call on the radio briefly outlining yesterday’s [more…]

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The Man Who Played Ross – Chapter 7

14th February 2021 Blown Periphery 0

Jarvis had a well-established routine and fitted in well with the headquarters staff, all of whom were senior in rank to him but accepted him as a good operator. He quickly had a handle on [more…]

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