Silence Will Fall

Before I begin I would like to thank you all for still following this blog – including the actual followers of this blog - despite the lack of recent posts. I read the stats and it is great to know there are people out there still interested in reading it.

It’s 2012 and time for a fresh start! Some of you may have noticed that the appearance of this blog has changed. Soon it will undergo a more thorough overhaul while I weed out links to people who are not linking to me, make a few more changes to the sidebars and much more.

Another change, as you may also have observed, relates to content. The type of content will also be different though all wargames shows I go to will always appear on here. For the past year and a bit there has been no content from games at the Grimsby Wargames Society and it will stay that way for the foreseeable future. The reasons for that will be explained in posts between this post and Easter 2012 as I have chosen not to go to the club anymore. Once those reasons are explained it shall be become clearer as to why and I would hope most readers would find my choice understandable.

Since my previous post I have been doing a lot of running – though thats not why I havent been to the Grimsby Wargames Society – and actually ran and completed in 4 half marathons, the latest half marathon being at Sleaford on February 19th 2012. At the beginning of December 2011 I began my training for my first full marathon, the Hull Marathon, which I am running for charity at Easter 2012. As this blog is a wargaming blog I will try not to bore you with all the details but I have set up a blog about my running and training for my first marathon which can be found at http://runforenjoyment.blogspot.com

Season 6 of Doctor Who was excellent last year and thoroughly enjoyed the Christmas Special also. It just keeps getting better!

What have I done wargames wise? Not much to be honest. Bought myself a copy of the Black Powder rules which I am due to start reading to understand the rules. Acquired 2 packs from Pendraken Miniatures namely the sci-fi 10mm packs of the Aliens and Marines at £12 a pack to be painted soon. These were bought at the York show, Vapnartak, at which I did my usual trick of taking photos of games. Some of the photos I took from each game will be appearing on here with the rest of them going towards my latest wargames project. Details of that will also be appearing on here soon.

Once again, I thank you for all your support over the years.

Jason

Hope You Had a Nice Christmas

A Belated Merry Christmas to you all! Hope you have enjoyed your Christmas Day and not overdosed on mince pies or Christmas Pud. I spent much of the day recovering from the dinner and many drinks I had at The Cricketers yesterday with friends which left me more than a little inebriated. The Doctor Who Christmas Special this year was excellent and so christmassy. If you missed it by accident then you should be able to catch it on the iplayer. Another great thing about this year was the fact that there was snow on the ground in the UK for the first time in a long time. The photo was taken by me during one of the many snow showers we had in Grimsby yesterday. Merry Christmas!

Happy Birthday to Me!

Its my Birthday today! Without giving away my real age, I will say that I will be once again 21 for the 17th time or is that 17 again for the 21st time? Either way I look younger and feel younger than my genuine age.

It’s common knowledge that Doctor Who is one of my favourite programmes, so here is some classic Doctor Who for your enjoyment…..Well, its classic now, it was actually for Red Nose Day….(cue extremely cheesy evil laugh)……

Hello there! Remember me? And one of the best Cliffhangers ever....

Hi all,

How are you doing? I know its been a while since I posted anything on here. Sorry about that. Hope to be getting back to normal shortly. Will give you more information soon but its safe to say that my absence from the Grimsby Wargames Society will last a little longer than it has been unfortunately and till I get my PC sorted out properly, virus free and in no danger of shutting down when it wants to - very frequently - restored all my programs and brought my blogs up to date anyway. Cant afford to buy a new PC or motherboard.

However in the interim I have managed to join an Athletics Club, which runs on Friday nights and now run 3 times a week and been in 2 Fun Runs in the past few months. Had to say something positive.

It is well known fact that I am a Doctor Who fan so below is what I think has to be the best - or one of the best Doctor Who Cliffhangers ever - at the end of "The End of Time Part 1" with the Master effectively cloning himself.....

Doctor Who: The End of Time Part 2

Not long finished watching Doctor Who: The End of Time Part 2 followed by Doctor Who Confidential on BBC3. For those who have not seen it yet, it was a great send off for the tenth Doctor and it can be watched again on the BBCi Player. It answered a few questions in the process too. Liked the last few minutes at the end before his regeneration also. David Tennant's Doctor will be missed.

I have seen the new Doctor Matt Smith on some other shows and I like the guy but am still interested in seeing how he will play the Doctor. They got him off to a good start.

In the new trailer for Season 5 I'm sure I spotted the weeping angels from the episode "Blink" popping up again....

Coming Spring 2010....

Happy New Year 2010

Happy New Year Everybody and wish you all the best for 2010!

Hopefully this year you will get your wargaming wishes fulfilled and play periods you may want to start playing and perhaps finish projects you started last year. Either way I hope it will be a fun year for you.

As you can see this is the new Doctor Who logo for the new Doctor Matt Smith when he takes over. Personally I thought David Tennant was a fantastic Doctor and one of my favourite Doctors and he will be missed by fans. Tom Baker was another of my favourite Doctors when I was a kid but there was a lot to like about all the others too.

Don't forget Part 2 of The End of Time at 6.40pm on BBC1 today. Someone or something is going to knock four times.........

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to all of you and thank you for reading my blog for the past year!

Over this holiday season you can expect more posts from me.

Once again I will remind you that Doctor Who, The End of Time Part 1 is on BBC1 at 6pm. It marks the beginning of the end for David Tennants 10th Doctor. The End of Time Part 2 is on BBC1 on New Years Day at 6.40pm. It is then that Matt Smith the new Doctor takes over.

Below are some more Doctor Who Youtube vids, the first 2 below showing how the Doctor defeated the Master last time followed by a slightly different trailer for The End of Time. Have a nice day. Enjoy your Christmas Dinner and relax with some booze.

Christmas Eve 2009

Today it is Christmas Eve so hope everyone enjoys today and the rest of the Holiday Season.
If the snow that arrived in the UK is still here tomorrow, as it has been here since last friday, I will post some pics to show that we are having a White Christmas.

As I am sure you have guessed I am a Doctor Who fan. This is a reminder that the Doctor Who Christmas Special, The End of Time Part 1 is on tomorrow on BBC1 at 6pm. There is a short preview below.

Merry Christmas Everybody!

Merry Christmas to Everybody! Hope you having a nice Christmas and possibly reading this after eating some huge dinner. I'm on my own so I think I'll just be watching the telly for most of the day.

As with what now seems to be a tradition, I'm looking forward to the Doctor Who Christmas Special at 6pm tonight. Some trailers are below including the first 2 minutes of the special shown on Children In Need. Being a huge Doctor Who fan, I'm going to watch the last 3 episodes of the last series On Demand before watching the special: Turn Left, The Stolen Earth and Journey's End. Exterminate!!





There's also some Blackadder on tonight as the BBC is repeating the Blackadder Christmas Carol, which I have not seen for years. Later tonight there's a special reuniting the cast of the Blackadder series. Blackadder is partly where I get my knowledge of history from. See a little of the special below...



Once again, Merry Christmas to everybody!