Pic-spam from Newcastle

[wellinghall]

We went to Newcastle, and we found some cthulhu squid!



There were also some fine views from the roof of the castle keep.




And finally, there was a memorial in the cathedral to all the units from the city that had fought in the first world war. I was intrugued by this bit.

Comments

[skordh.livejournal.com]

I do remember reading about cyclist units being ready to resist an enemy invasion by quickly cycling to the coast and then ... well, shooting at them I suppose.

I wasn't aware of any cyclists actually going into battle on the Continent but that was before I checked Wikipedia. Apparently "on the occasions that cyclists were employed in combat, they were generally found to be ineffective." Hmm. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_Cyclist_Corps.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I had heard of paratroops being equipped with folding bikes in WWII.