Very Quiet.

[alfredo]

It seems to have been very quiet on here of late Gentlemen.
This is very sad as I know that a lot of people visit this site and I can't believe that they have nothing to say.
Any input is welcome,be it your Budgies birthday to major news.This is a wonderful site intended to keep the Third together as a family.We were a family when we all served together and by setting up this site Paul hoped to keep the family together.
It was dedicated to two of the most wonderful people the Regiment has ever known and I think we owe it to their memory,and the Regiments,to give it all the support we can.

OK. rant over, but if you have any problems using the site,PM me or e-mail me at [e-mail].
Tight Tracks.

[biggles]

i think most are on Facebook now, its a shame because we are family. and as so keep in touch,

any way how are you doing? and all ways look on the bright side of life.

rodger aka BIGGLES.

[alfredo]

Thanks for your response Rodger,nice to hear from you.We are all well here in W eymuff and I hope you and yours are the same.
Alf

[son-of-tiny]

Hello All
Thank you Alfredo your comments are most welcome and i agree with
them 100%
I understand facebook has big following Biggles but fearnaught3 is a completely different concept . I must take sum blame on the slow input as ive let the site run on its own and not taken more time to update or filter news ,views .
any photos i will post for anybody if they email them with details

any ideas can also be sent to me
[e-mail]
make subject as web site

[tanky]

Any one going to the Army & Navy rugger at twickers this year ?,glad your back peck.

[alfredo]

Very doubtful Tanky,it's a bad enough scrum getting in and out of Weymuff this year with the Olympics and all that crap.!!!

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[alfredo]

Hi all,another rant,sorry if I'm boring you but I feel I must add something to Pauls comments.
All you do on f-book is share names.
On here we share and treasure experiences.Have they ever burnt their lip trying to drink hot tea out of a compo tin with the lid folded back to make a handle?.No thought not,and how about in the back of a stally in the pouring rain,humping wet jerrycans and banging your freezing knuckles everytime.Oh yes,can anyone forget those Monday morning runs as training for your BFT.If you were in the rear rank all those delightful fumes of the Squadron bar coming from the front rank.To top all of these of course was in the middle of a blissful sleep and dreaming of all things wonderful,some TWAT shakes your shoulder and says "Your stag mate and it's pissing down"
Of course there were the good times as well,Squadron bars,nights out and various sporting events which we shared together and will always remember.
To top it all we remember all the friends we made,and I mean proper friendships which will survive a lifetime.
Thats what makes this site different,we have all been there,done that and came through it together as one bonded family,THATS WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT.
I for one will always be grateful to the Regiment for the friends and family it has given me.
Thats it folks rant over.Sorry if I have bored you,but you all know me and if it needs to be said,I say it.
Tight Tracks folks and may the wind be always in your face.

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[biggles]

with you all the way, on face book all they do is rant on about how many cups of tea they had for breakfast, thinking of leaving, if it wasn't for the fact that its the only way to keep in touch with my far wide family.

[tanky]

What you said in your rant Alfredo was right on the button,The good times out weighed the not so go good,Having said that when i sit and think about the bad times they twernt that bad beay (must be bit of werzel in I then) piss wet through hacking some forest to burn, getting the smoker going racking out the booze,not forgetting how good we all thought we were good at singing,the shit jokes what we laughed at,G10 rum blew the fecking hair out off me nose,The camerade second to none any where else in the world.Replen in the ice and snow throwing full jerrys 4 at a time fingers bruised and bleeding (now bent and twisted with arthritis) No old mate,No bad times they were good times and better times,just didnt realise it at the time.Tight tracks mate.

[alfredo]

What a smashing piece Brian.As usual spoken from the heart.
Surely with all our visitors and members there are tales to be told that we can all look back on with nostalgia(I think thats a word,not sure).
I know that one particular memory I have is summed up by this photo on the dust bowl during driver training.You will know a few on here Mate.

[alfredo]

Shows how old I'm getting Bri. forgot to put the bloody picture on.Senile or what!!!

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[tanky]

Good pic Alf, Yes mate its a typical smoker and never made no difference,It didnt matter how many of the mob were there,I think the biggest i did was in Baveria at the end of one of the eternal triangle exercises 40 or 50 bodies of different nationalities,we were swapping uniforms and compo etc.at the end of the night as always,there was only Tankies still standing-ish,sticking to the unspoken rule, That we made sure our guests had been well looked after sent back to there bivvy well watered and well fed.That gave us the chance to drink all the booze that they left behind ha ha.Happy days.
Going back to the pic sadly some have left us for the green fields i am not sure about the guy between dick tippet RIP and red fred RIP (sorry Barry i never could spell your surname) is that Andy Kemp and then Ted page,not sure about the lad to the right of ted.Civvies cant work out what were about,But hey that didnt Matter any way,We were what we were.FearNaught.

[alfredo]

The two missing persons you are on about are Dave Sherry on the left and Mick Gee on the right Brian.As you say Mate,some may have gone to the Green Fields,but they have left us all with cherished memory's.
Like these two old codgers at Bovvy!!.

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[tanky]

Thanks for putting me right on the pic alf,After further perusal and knocking me ed on the keyboard a few times i could see them.Of course i recognised the 2 dodgy old guys on the bench as prince pecker of all mans land and and George the pauper,said to have had on many occasions attended Padres hour with Friar Tuck,"Stalwarts" both.

[alfredo]

Wear Your Poppy with Pride

6 lost, 6 unwanted visits, 6 doors received that dreaded knock, 6 families with shattered hearts, 6 pairs of boots lined up with rifles, dog tags and helmets, 6 comrades remembered and grieved for, 6 funeral services, 6 names on newly made grave markers, 6 empty places at the table, 6 souls who gave all and whose lives leave a void, so let's take 6 seconds to repost this and pray for them

[alfredo]

This is the best tribute I could find to 6 Brave lads.I hope you all agree and say a quiet prayer for them and their families at this sad time.

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[alfredo]

Unusual shot of the new Weymouth Tower,taken with my new funny lens.

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