Well that's a bit exciting to say the least! |
So what have I been up to in the almost 7 weeks since I last posted? Not much to be honest... certainly not a huge amount of wargaming... and certainly no painting...
One of those fallow periods all hobbyists go through I guess, some call it the painting funk, but basically a period of time characterised by no great interest or enthusiasm in pursuing the hobby actively - a time of retrenchment - doing other stuff - in my case reading (a lot), and also unusually for me catching up on box sets, and television that I missed the first time round...
Working from home has entailed me using the loft-waffe for an office as I have a desk and screen's up there anyway - but what I wasn't expecting was a disinclination to go in the loft to do hobby stuff once I'd been in there all day for work stuff... throw in a couple of weeks of the hottest weather in the UK for some time and there was even less inclination - in fact in the end I said 'bugger it' and went into the office just for the air conditioning! Very strange to be in an office for two hundred when there are only a half dozen people in (for much the same reasons as me!)
Autumn is coming - with a drop in the temperature the loft will entice again...
So what have I done that I recommend??
Box sets - catch "Cardinal" if you can, simply superb.. I re-watched the "Cormoran Strike" box set, also very good.. also all umpty seven series of "Spooks".. thank you Beeb - worth my licence fee for 'Cardinal' alone..
Books... Maigret, Maigret, Maigret.. an absolute joy... my book page will give you some other leads... my non-fiction book of the year so far was "Chastise" by Max Hastings, the story behind the Dam Busters raid told from the perspective of the unbelievably brave crews, the boffins, (Sir Michael Redgrave really was Barnes Wallis in the film!), Gibson (what a brave, troubled and complicated man) and also the German civilians who experienced the results... ten plus for a reason, read it!
Wargaming - not a lot of table top action, but DG and I have been having a whale of time playing DBN [clicky] (thanks for the lead, Lee!) using Battle Chronicler to exchange turns ... a few Peninsula games were followed by a triumvirate of 1812 Russia games, but just for a change we are currently in North America, and for the first time (and as a result of the figures Lee has been painting) I am fielding Congreve rockets.. Lord only knows how that will turn out!
....and that is largely it, let's hope it is in't as long to the next post!