AWI - Brandywine - in Scotland

Bill Gilchrist and company putting on a game of Black Powder AWI. You can see more of the battle on Bill's blog and flicker stream link.
Excellent terrain as usual and I am sure Hugh's wife Susanne fixed a scrumptious fare.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bill26048/sets/72157628061558768/

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Black Powder In Georgia

Andy and I tried out Black Powder - he too thinks it has some wierd rules but as always his a gamer and like everybody compares it to CLS, Which seems to drive everybody crazy. Anyway will post pics from
the game. I know Bill Gilchrist from Scotland was very pleased that I was "converting" to these rules.
Nah its only a pick up game and was handy and I wanted to do something different.

Finally Pictures I found for this game -

the initial Brunswick Cavalry charge against my front line units

Andy Charged the horse guns running them over and breaking the battery

Where upon on my phase i turned half the battery and enfiladed the impetuous russian battalion with Cannister at close range and broke them withh devasting fire the survivors went screaming back to their lines in dismay.

The left flank held in spite of a surprise cavalry charge.

Taking the Leith River walk with Tima in Stockbridge a old section of Edinburgh

Taking the Leith River walk with Tima in Stockbridge a old section of Edinburgh

Tima calling to the heron on the river

Skittles at The Sheep Heid Inn & Pub in Edinburgh in May

On Queen Victoria Day, Tima and I went with some friends to a little Pub and played Skittles in spite of her bad leg she was a real trooper and her first roll was a ten pin knock down - not bad for a gimp with a bad leg. Of course she wasn't doing cartwheels. But gave it her best shot. Course she took pictures of me from behind - my best feature I suppose.

The First roll of the Evening

the blurring ten pin knock down

the supreme moment of her triumphant start - clearly she is a professional skittles bowler

Savoring her moment in the spotlight

A humorous moment brings a smile

Finally getting tired

Apparently this is the only picture she took of me i could find

the Final score to a perfect day 325 to 325

Dinner afterwards was great as well as the desert we had at "bella italy" at the spur of the moment.

Rosslyn Chapel of Devinci Code fame In mid April 2011

One Sunday I was able to talk Tima to go on a trip to Rosslyn Chapel south of Edinburgh.

A Cemetary near Haymarket train Station on Sunday

Cemetary entrance

A few markers and the road

headstones on the ground

More Markers

A church near the cemetary as seen across the cemetary rock wall

Tima on Sunday near Haymarket Station

On the bus we had to take several buses to get to Rosslyn Chapel

Local Pub and B& B in Rosslyn

Courtyard of Rosslyn Chapel

Exterior of Rosslyn Chapel

The Number 15 Bus to take us home

TIma

A humorous moment on the ride home

At Bella Italy Restaurant (off Princes Street) for dinner after Rosslyn Chapel

Edinburgh Castle as seen from the Street - Tima took this picture