Assault on Lyndos

Tomorrow, at zero-God-awful hours I will be taking part in a naval assault on the southern town of Lyndos.  The good news is that the marines are nothing to do with it, well, those 'rock apes' couldn't find the end Brighton pier!  I will be try a right flank manouvre which should steer us well away from shops - full of booby traps, of course, the boobies being the husbands - and over towards the cafe and bar area. Well, a man may hope, may he not?

Of course, before agreeing to this dangerous sea-borne mission I insisted on a weather forecast because, as I pointed out to my friend, that there before our eyes were huge, dangerous 4" waves pounding our beach!  Well, you can't be too careful with the sea, there always seems to be an awful lot more of it than there is of me!

Assuming SoD has fixed my main computer-thingie I will write about this holiday in more detail when I return.  Suffice to say now that it is scoring 9.5 out of 10.

 

Comments

[JK]

Ahoy Cpl Duff.

Did you take care to do before your excursion and take care of absentee voting for UKIP?

[Kevin B]

Rock Apes? I'll have you know that that nickname has absolutely nothing to do with the Marines but is proudly sported by the RAF Regiment.

[missred]

Permission to come aboard, Captain! I am so glad you are posting from Rhodes. I had no idea how I was going to survive weeks without you, dear Duffers.

[AussieD]

I thought the paras referred to the Royal Marines as Crap Hats or is that from time gone by?

[david duff]

I tried to reply last night but couldn't get through.

Yes, JK, voted UKIP by post before I left but that was a 'one off'.

In my day - which of course are the only days that count - 'rock apes' were marines on account of their habit of messing about on cliffs - without a parachute!!! And 'crape hats' were, and still are as far as I know, anyone who wore a beret that was not maroon!

Miss Red, you can row my boat anytime you like!