Picto Diary

Picto Diary - 16, 17 October 2015 - Montecristo

Out of a dozen times doing this loop ride, this is the first time I have done it in an anti clockwise direction.

Picto Diary - 15 October 2015 - Hope Melville

I believe City Council members need to listen to citizens more.

Picto Diary - 14 October 2015 - WWI Western Front - Epilogue One

My WWI battle field tour has turned out to be more extensive than I thought!

10, 11, 12, 13 October 2015 - Pot Porri Redux

Its hard to get these guys to pose.

Picto Diary - 08, 09 October 2015 - Moon in 7th House

Open space is the only silver bullet we have to temper growth.

Picto Diary - 02, 03, 04, 05 October 2015 - WWI Trip Detox

Pumpkins.

Picto Diary - 01 October 2015 - Battle of St. Quentin Canal

For a soldier, can the horror of war also be the apotheosis of life experience? Is there something important missing from the life experience if you haven't fought to the death and survived?

Picto Diary - 29 September 2015 - Somme

The first day of the Somme offensive, 01 July 1916, resulted in nearly 60K British casualties, greater than the total combined British casualties in the Crimean, Boer, and Korean wars. By the time the offensive ended in November, the British had suffered 420K casualties (60K dead).

Picto Diary - 28 September 2015 - The Battle of Loos

The BEF is learning about continental warfare and what it will take to defeat the German... the hard way.

Picto Diary - 27 September 2015 - Neuve Chapelle and Fromelles

It will get worse.... much worse.

Picto Diary - 26 September 2015 - Ypres

According to Patrick, folklore has it that the Hooge crater explosion percussion was felt at 11 Downing Street, in London.

Picto Diary - 25 September 2015 - The BEF Retreat, August 1914

Dulce et Decorum Est