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.

Sunday, 7 December 2014

Port Royal, Acadia, 1710

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 British Marines are the centre while the New England militia make up the most of the attacking force.  This New England regiment deploy...
Friday, 5 December 2014

What you find when wandering: Port of Chiba

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 The inscription didn't turn out so well. It basically states that Chiba Port Tower was built in 1986 to commerate Chiba-prefecture ach...
Saturday, 29 November 2014

Ramen on a rainy Saturday

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 Ian and Leena tuck into a bowl of Chinese ramen My lunch was a spicy noodle with fried rice and gyoza, or pan fried pork dumplings. The...
Sunday, 23 November 2014

Snug as a bug in a rug

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 Leena curls up in her brothers quilts and touque Whereby Ian curls down for bed
Friday, 21 November 2014

Ian's latest Karate belt: Brown

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Ian is only the second student in his Karate dojo class to advance through a belt level twice! He was awarded a brown belt on November 2, 20...
Saturday, 15 November 2014

Battle of Valcour Island October 11, 1776

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This was the final battle of the Quebec 1775 campaign whereby the Royal Navy and Crown forces defeated Benedict Arnold's fleet from Os...

Beginnings and Endings

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I'm at a bit of a crossroads. This year has been full of personal hardships which have impacted me more than I care to admit. I have had...
Monday, 10 November 2014

Red coats 27th Regiment of foot

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 video by Ethan Thomas of his own  figures painted as the 27th Regiment

Attack on Fort Washington November 16, 1776

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It's been awhile since I have been able to have a big black powder battle. Most of my gaming has been taken up with my Bolt Action games...
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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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