My wife and I returned from our week's camping in New York. We had just about the whole campground to ourselves and I got some reading done on the English Civil War. This has got me wanting to do a ECW war-game. Hopefully my copy of "One Hour Wargames" will be mailed soon. Before leaving for vacation I also made a mold of a Peter Laing ECW cavalryman, as I have very few of them, and it seems in many ECW battles there were large number of cavalry. The mold looks promising and hopefully I can get some casting done in the next coupe of days.
While on vacation we managed to visit Olana, the home of Frederic E. Church, a Hudson River School painter. He built his home on a hilltop overlooking the Hudson River. One of my interests is the painters of the Hudson River School, so this was an enjoyable day for me. The photos below were taken with my cellphone and don't do justice to the views. The good photos are on my wife's camera, which still needs to be downloaded.
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| Olana, Frederic E. Church's home. |
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| A view of the Catskills Mountains from Olana. |
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| Our home away from home. One night my wife woke me to point out two deer outside our camper. She saw 5 throughout the night grazing in the field we were camped at. One week just wasn't enough! |
John, if you want to get into the ECW, let me know. I have quite a few books, plus I live quite close to Edgehill battlefield. Not the best time of year to take pictures, but....
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Ian, I plan some ECW games. I have wanted to use my Peter Laing figures for a long time and hopefully the "One Hour Wargame" will provide the basic rules for the game. One good book I have is "The Traveller's Guide to the Battlefields of Britain" by Neil Fairbairn. It has many good photos of the battlefields. I am thinking of using a fictitious campaign but would use actual battlefields for the games. The photos would be great, but I don't want you to put yourself out.
ReplyDeleteI'll dig out what I have - that includes the various Osprey Books, the old Military Modelling series on Flags and Standards plus the one on the Battlefields.
ReplyDeleteIf you can find a copy over there, "The English Civil War in the Midlands" is a good source for a campaign that doesn't need large armies
Ian
Thank you for that. I looked up "The English Civil War in the Midlands". I found a couple of copies for a good price and plan to order it.
ReplyDeleteJust spotted this site - could be very useful
ReplyDeletehttp://bcw-project.org/
Ian