Category Archives: Holidays

Partizan 2023 and Travels

Posted on June 7, 2023 by valleyboynz

I’m on the road at the moment having combined a Danube river cruise with a visit to family in the UK and a visit to Partizan 2023. Unfortunately our stay in the UK was a pretty short one, we stayed … Continue reading →

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Aoraki

Posted on November 18, 2021 by valleyboynz

I’m taking a break from painting at the moment as I’m in NZ’s South Island at at Aoraki or Mount Cook National Park We started out from Christchurch yesterday after spending a few days there. We took a look at … Continue reading →

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ABC or Another Bloody Castle

Posted on November 12, 2018 by valleyboynz

Today we start the first leg of the journey home with a journey to Nottingham. This will entail a stop off at the Partizan show tomorrow and hopefully a visit to Warlord Games and Wargames Foundry on Monday. (oops update … Continue reading →

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Lest we Forget

Posted on May 12, 2018 by valleyboynz

As I previously mentioned I’m currently on a Rhine river cruise and my next intention had been to make a post about castles – it seems only fair as I’ve seen so many! However, we took an excursion today to … Continue reading →

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Vienna Museum of Military History (Heeresgeschichtliches Museum) Part 2

Posted on September 22, 2016 by valleyboynz

Apologies Part 2 has been a long time coming and I hope I can recall enough of the detail   Not only were there superb wall paintings depicting battles in the Napoleonic era but there was as I’d hoped a lot … Continue reading →

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Vienna Museum of Military History (Heeresgeschichtliches Museum) Part I

Posted on May 10, 2016 by valleyboynz

The same Danube Cruise mentioned in my last post ended with a 3 day stay in Vienna. On one of these days I visited Vienna’s Military Museum http://www.hgm.at/en.html I must say that this surpassed my expectations and is well worth a … Continue reading →

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Richard I and Dürnstein

Posted on May 10, 2016 by valleyboynz

I thought it might be interesting to post a few holiday snaps that have an historical link. My wife and I have recently been on a Danube Cruise from Budapest to Vienna.   Now there’s probably nothing worse than looking … Continue reading →

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Arrowtown Continued…..

Posted on April 24, 2014 by valleyboynz

where was I? Yes wineries, far more interesting than wargaming or golf. The main reason for the trip was to sample some of Central Otago’s lovely wines, in particular I was keen on sampling a few more Pinot Noirs whilst … Continue reading →

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Holidays – Arrowtown

Posted on April 15, 2014 by valleyboynz

Its been a while since I’ve posted anything, mainly because of a combination of factors- a frantic rush to get figures finished, a trip to NZ’s South Island and the preparations involved in selling our house. Whilst my intention is … Continue reading →

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