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30/04/2026

RAF Alness, just north of Inverness, Scotland.

In use from 1920-1986

Used primarily as a seaplane base during WW2

Visited while nearby as it is mentioned in "617 Squadron The Dambusters at War" as the place Rear Gunner Tom McLean DFC DFM was unhappily stationed and threatened to desert from before asking to join 617 Squadron. He was an ace rear gunner shooting down 9 aircraft. An amazing story and worth a read or listen.

28/04/2026

Special Training School (STS) 25 locations in the Morar/Arisaig area of Scotland.

Very unassuming locations where specialist training was carried out by the SOE in The Second World War.

Czech soldiers were also trained here for operations such as Anthropoid, the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich in Prague.

26/04/2026

Yesterday was pretty special. Commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Imjin River, Korea at the National Memorial Arboretum.

The Gloucester Regiment held Hill 235 for several days against relentless attacks from Chinese Forces. After fierce fighting the Glosters were eventually cut off, few made it back and many were taken prisoner and forced marched for weeks into North Korea. Those that survived were eventually released in 1953.

2 Victoria Crosses were awarded and the Regiment received a Presidential Citation from the Americans for the extraordinary bravery and heroism.

My grandad Wilfred Pinchin was in B Company of the 1st Battalion Gloucester Regiment and wounded by friendly fire near his spine just prior to this battle. He was recovering in Japan when news arrived about the battle. Although not fully recovered he returned to duty 3 days later to find that only about 6 men of his entire Battalion had made it back from the battle. His friendly fire incident probably saved his life.

So much respect to him and all those that served there. It was incredible to see one of only very few surviving veterans of the battle attend the ceremony and to get hold of the new book by Robert Dixon.

25/04/2026

Great to be back in Scotland for a few days over the last week. I always forget how beautiful it is up there.

Mixed in a bit of history with some Commando training sites and old airfields. Lots of photos to properly sort out. 👌

16/04/2026

617 Squadron Lancaster NF923 KC-M
During an operation on 23rd-24th September 1944 the Dortmund Ems Canal was successfully breached after 2 direct hits with Tallboy bombs.

KC-M piloted by Flt Lt Stout DFC did not drop its Tallboy as it did not have a clear sight of the target and began to return home. On its return it was attacked by a German night fighter aircraft piloted by Hptm. Heinz Wolfgang Schnaufer. 3 engines were knocked out and a fire started in the bomb bay area. Stout gave the order to bail out while he remained at the controls, 6 crew members managed to escape but the pilot Geoffrey Stevenson Stout and the navigator Fg Off Clyde Euan Miles Graham were killed in the crash near Vordensebinnenweg, Lochem, Holland. The flight engineer Plt Off Alan William Benting bailed from the aircraft but not successfully and he was found and taken to hospital at Enschede but died two days later.

It’s one of those situations where the crew members ended up being buried quite long distances from each other.

Stout is buried at Lochem New General Cemetery

Graham is buried at Arnhem Ooosterbeek War Cemetery

Benting is buried at Enchede Eastern General Cemetery

An operation and crew which is not mentioned as much as others from 617 Squadron but it still felt important to visit them all back in February last year as well as walk the areas of the Canal where the breaches took place.

Majority of info from aircrewremembered

12/04/2026

Made the most of the good weather for a ride out to Abberton Reservoir to see the new blue plaque recognising the reservoir's importance as one of the training locations used by 617 Squadron for the "Dambusters" operation.

It is mentioned in Guy Gibson's logbook as "Colchester Reservoir", most notably on the day before the raid itself.

Good to get the bike out again and spend a few hours taking in the scenery.

03/04/2026

Days 4 and 5 of the South Wales Borderers trip last year with Andy Rolfe . Finally visiting the grave on Hill at Ypres Reservoir Cemetery followed by a short ride to an area south of Hollebeke to the location of the exact pair of trenches where lost his life. Apart from the remains of shells still being plowed up you'd never know that trenches ran through here.

Left on one of the documents were the exact coordinates of his first burial outside a farm nearby where we visited and a barbed wire picket still stands.

Later that day we visited the Welsh Memorial followed by the Brooding Soldier monument.

The next day we left Ypres and visited the Passchendaele area along with the Tyne Cot Cemetery before making our journey back home.

A fascinating trip

25/03/2026

Day 3 from last year's South Wales Borderers trip with Andy Rolfe

Back to the Loos area to visit some sites we ran out of time to visit before including some more exact locations Pvt Hill would have worked/fought.

Over to Hill 60 where Hill worked for some time before the massive underground explosions were detonated starting The Battle Of Messines. A quick visit to Hill 62 to view some of the preserved trenches there.

Finally to Ypres where Hill was stationed in 1917 and the Menin Gate to remember those who were lost.

24/03/2026

Day 2 of last year's South Wales Borderers trip.

Over to the Somme region where Pvt Hill worked. A visit to the Lochnagar crater and surrounding area which is still full of craters.

Visited Hennencourt which was a holding and training area during the Somme offensive and Hill spent time making rifle backstops and other training aids while off the line. The Manor House there caught fire during the war and now only half remains.

Lots of other specific trenches where Hill would have worked ending up at the Thiepval Monument to the missing. Other locations included the Welsh memorial at Mametz Wood where Hill served, High Wood and the last stop of the day was Ulster Tower.

23/03/2026

Just over a year ago Andy Rolfe and myself followed his relative's First World War footsteps through France and Belgium.

This was Day 1 travelling from Folkestone to Calais. Through Tilques, Le Sart, Hazebrouck and more ending up in the Neuve-Chappelle/Le Touret area.

As Private Frederick George Hill was a Pioneer in the South Wales Borderers we were able to visit some of the locations of the exact trenches he would have worked on with help from trench maps. Incredible trip..

15/03/2026

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