Today being the 197th Anniversary of the Battle, I thought I'd dig out some pics of my visit to the Battlefield back in 2002 (when I was fatter but had more hair!).
And I celebrated with the Lad by watching a good documentary on the Battle.
And here is a really crappy video I made at the time!
Wonderful Paul. I would really love to go there one day. Always like seeing photos of Waterloo.
ReplyDelete2015 would be on my calendar Rodger - the Bicentenary will be rather spectacular I think!
DeletePardon me for an ignorant Aussie, but what is the big dirt mound?
ReplyDeleteWe Aussies are never ignorant, only uniformed! :-)
DeleteIts the Lion's Mound, built where the Prince of Orange was knocked off his horse by a musket ball during the battle, and which gives spectacular view of the battlefield
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion's_Mound
Must make the trip one day too, before I get any fatter or lose any more hair! ;)
ReplyDeleteThe climb up that monument nearly killed me!
ReplyDeleteHi Paul,
ReplyDeleteI have made visiting the battlefield one of the things that I have to do before I shuffle off this mortal coil - and I reckon that 2015 would be a great time to do it.
See you there then - and the beers are on you!
All the best,
DC
Very cool, thanks for sharing Paul.
ReplyDeleteJason