I lived in the Falkland islands for a year, the sheep keep well clear of the Bennies.
Pull up a sand bag thread (or the old soldier brigade!)
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Yup, 5 x 4 month tours.AMcD (@Andy McDonnell) has been down there.......
Only one 12 month tour for me in the 1990s, took wife and kids with me. Interesting days.
Loved it down there, Fire Section, mainly Crash Bays but occasionally Domestic side. The fittest I've ever been in my life. I may have frequented;Only one 12 month tour for me in the 1990s, took wife and kids with me. Interesting days.
1. Shadeys
2. Crab and Sprocket
3. Lott 22
4. Timmeys
5. The Queen Vic
6. The Globe (Stanley)
7. The Upland Goose (Stanley)
To name but a few, hic
88, 94, 98, 01 & 06.
Aug 93 to Sep 94 me, bogs and drains!
Aug 93 to Sep 94 me, bogs and drains!
Thought they all shat in the mountains down there?.....
Great pictures Andy, I can see "my" house from there!
Me too, 12 Fac block H and on my last tour the Sgt's Mess Block.Great pictures Andy, I can see "my" house from there!
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The 8th wonder of the World mate. Had to build the road as they went. 10,000 contractors at its peak!Wow......
Now I get an idea of what the lads were up against fighting the Argi Bargies ......
@Ianmc we have our own "pull up a sandbag thread". Tally Ho 
On my 88 tour we'd go down to Stanley on the lash in our own 4 tonner. The driver would clog it and the guys in the back would have to climb out the back and onto the roof whilst hooped. Fortunately (for our lives) we got caught by the WO who was behind us in his Landy. It didn't end well
On my 88 tour we'd go down to Stanley on the lash in our own 4 tonner. The driver would clog it and the guys in the back would have to climb out the back and onto the roof whilst hooped. Fortunately (for our lives) we got caught by the WO who was behind us in his Landy. It didn't end well
Tough fighting terrain with no cover and essentially one big peat bog. Oh, and a tad windy.Now I get an idea of what the lads were up against fighting the Argi Bargies ......
Two four month tours for me.
@Ianmc we have our own "pull up a sandbag thread". Tally Ho
Yeah, thought I would start a new one as we had hijacked the other thread.....
What were you doing down there?
Sod that, give me the dessert and 45c any day, except for when there was a Ghibli (sand storm)
If we were caught in one, we had to reverse park into the wind so only the rear window got sand blasted.