Horse logging.

[David Cropper]

19 minutes ago, Bob_z_l said:

Lancers?

 

Grandfather was 17/21st Died after they crossed the Arno.

2 Uncles both 17/21st too. Both now gone.

 

Nice pic. 

 

Cheers

Yes Bob, you are correct! I joined the Regiment in  1969 through to 86. 

[Khriss]

16 hours ago, Khriss said:

Riding ahead to collect their tanks K

... Did you get to drive Scimitars then Corporal? K

[David Cropper]

1 minute ago, Khriss said:

... Did you get to drive Scimitars then Corporal? K

No, I learnt to drive on Saladins and Saracens. Crewed in Mark 1 and 2 Ferrets in Ulster. Bleeding froze to death on night patrols! That's why I became a dog handler!

[Khriss]

Mums brother  was in 13/18th Hussars so open day at York barracks meant i got to sit in one 😊 cracking vehicle. Cant think of a worst posting than Ulster 😕  K

Edited January 10, 2021 by Khriss
( Tom got Germany and Spandau)

[Doug Tait]

Watched 'Last woman on earth', BBC last night. She visited some Forest Cleaners in Sweden who use horses to extract logs.

There was 2 horses working together to pull a palms trailer with its own grab, very peaceful.

[Johnsond]

On 10/01/2021 at 10:04, David Cropper said:

No, I learnt to drive on Saladins and Saracens. Crewed in Mark 1 and 2 Ferrets in Ulster. Bleeding froze to death on night patrols! That's why I became a dog handler!

Lol no wonder you kicked back at being referred to as Cropper, Small world indeed, you weren’t in Cyprus in the 80s as resident armoured squadron at Epi by any chance were you ??. You guys had a breech let go I think on a Saladin during that tour. My regiment had a 4 tonner come off the road from troodos. Did my motorcycle test under the auspices of 17/21 instructors in a scheme put in place after a trooper called pepe lost his legs in a motorcycle crash. 

[David Cropper]

6 hours ago, Johnsond said:

Lol no wonder you kicked back at being referred to as Cropper, Small world indeed, you weren’t in Cyprus in the 80s as resident armoured squadron at Epi by any chance were you ??. You guys had a breech let go I think on a Saladin during that tour. My regiment had a 4 tonner come off the road from troodos. Did my motorcycle test under the auspices of 17/21 instructors in a scheme put in place after a trooper called pepe lost his legs in a motorcycle crash. 

No, that was probably the 9th/12th Royal Lancers who, I think had a semi permanent squadron out there.

[Johnsond]

26 minutes ago, David Cropper said:

No, that was probably the 9th/12th Royal Lancers who, I think had a semi permanent squadron out there.

Nope 

17/21 it was, death or glory skull and crossbones and all that. 1 squadron only was on Cyprus, still using ferrets and Saladins at the time, I think the remainder of the regiment was undergoing conversion to challenger 1. Various armoured regiments provided a squadron on 2yr rotation as resident armoured etc, resident infantry battalion was on the same 2 yr rotation. 
 

[David Cropper]

24 minutes ago, Johnsond said:

Nope 

17/21 it was, death or glory skull and crossbones and all that. 1 squadron only was on Cyprus, still using ferrets and Saladins at the time, I think the remainder of the regiment was undergoing conversion to challenger 1. Various armoured regiments provided a squadron on 2yr rotation as resident armoured etc, resident infantry battalion was on the same 2 yr rotation. 
 

We had "A" Squadron in Cyprus the same time as B Squadron were in Libya,  supposed to be 2 years but after 9 months Gadaffi happened. They returned to Omagh leaving A Squadron in Cyprus until the Regiment got together in Wolfenbuttal, November 71. 

[David Cropper]

Very interesting day with the two Percherons brought in to drag the timber off the client's property. Mainly brash today but tomorrow will be the trunks,  unfortunately I'm going back to grind out the remaining stumps on Wednesday so will miss that. Beautiful animals. Really steady and calm.