Beating Retreat has its historical base on the military fields when, at the end of the day, the beating of the drum was used to order the troops to stop fighting and retreat to the safety of camp as darkness fell.Thursday, July 30, 2015
Beating Retreat
Beating Retreat has its historical base on the military fields when, at the end of the day, the beating of the drum was used to order the troops to stop fighting and retreat to the safety of camp as darkness fell.
Wednesday, July 29, 2015
The Queen's Birthday Parade & Trooping the Colour
The Queen's actual birthday is April 21st, but, the official celebration is in June.
This little idiosyncrasy is made with the anticipation that June will have better weather than April.
I will, with great restraint, reserve comment on the weather. Ahem.....
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)