Irishhighlander

A blog on War gaming in North-eastern North America from 1670-1815, the life of an ex EFL instructor, a family man formerly in Japan and now in Canada , a camper, a reenactor, a drummer, and all round crazy but home Nova Scotian. Having taught for an extended period my career is now in private security.

Monday, 6 August 2012

Battle of Barossa 1811

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The Battle of Barossa 5 th March, 1811 RA: Maj. Duncan 10 guns Wheatley’s Bde: 28 th Foot, 67 th Foot, 87 th Foot Dil...
Saturday, 4 August 2012

Katsuura Beach

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Leena and I inside the hotel. Katsuura beach is a port on the eastern coast of the Boso Peninsula in Chiba prefecture, about a 3 hour dri...
Monday, 23 July 2012

Ian's Karate test

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After four months, Ian was the only new student from his Dojo who was given the chance to try out for the next belt. All of the judges, pa...

Still alive and kicking

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Whoa! I just noticed that it's been nearly a month since I posted something here. Everytime I get the chance to try and put something up...
Saturday, 30 June 2012

Canada Day in Japan

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I haven't been able to update this blog for two weeks due to work commitments as well as life. I tried making a video clip highlighting ...
Friday, 15 June 2012

Battle of Long Island 1776

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The American riflemen take aim at the advancing Crown forces. This summer, I plan on recreating the 1776 New York campaign. This game de...
Tuesday, 5 June 2012

Ian's new karate gi

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Ian was so pleased to get his first uniform. He was also told by his sensei that he could possibly go for his first belt test next month...
Saturday, 26 May 2012

Emi & I my 39th birthday

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Ah, 39, makes 40 looks that much closer! The missus and I dropped our kids off to rehearse for their dance routine and then, we had a sm...
Sunday, 20 May 2012

The Battle of the Cedars, May 1776

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My weekend never feels fulfilled unless I can do a wargame. I had a solo game as Ian wanted to play with his Legos and with his older si...

Bike ride on a Sunday

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It was such a nice day, that we all rode our bikes to a local park. My wife led the way for a bit. I`m calm, I`m at peace, I`m enl...
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Nova Scotian, Canadian, ESL in Japan, South Korea and Nunavut. I'm also a wargamer in my spare time and Canadian Forces officer in the Cadet program.
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