Fortunately she was off the wall when the Black Watch (42nd of Foot) Waterloo Division entered the Arena.


They marched on with colours flying and Pipes a' Skirling and Drums a' rat-a-tatatin' Very impressive. You could almost feel the fear in the French Imperial Guard. (They were so scared, they didn't even show up.)


They loosed off a couple of fusillades at the Frenchy... I think they were actually firing at the Air Cadets who were massed to their front... but either way, it was nicely loud.


Then got themselves into a hasty all round defence. Presumably to protect the colours from my Randonnée Bretonne (Brittany Walking/Hunting) Kilt that I had opted to wear.


As the smell of cordite and the smoke of battle drifted across the field, incidental light music was provided by the Luton Youth Jazz Orchestra. Most entertaining, if not a little surreal.

And meanwhile...


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