Part 1 HERE Part 2 Here Part 3 HERE part 4 HERE
The last part of The Hoppings series concludes with a battle, or rather a display by the army. Actually I wasn’t quite sure what they were meant to be doing, but lots of army chaps charging about in vehicles, shooting and running about. All good fun. 🙂
Apparently this rocket launcher thingy can launch a rocket from Newcastle and precisely hit the football stadium in Middlesborough. No need to shoot that far I thought, the Stadium of Shite in Sunderland would be a much worthier target. 🙂
Field gun
A Warrior APC (armoured personel carrier)
Halleluja!
You’ll never get on Facebook with that!
Soldierette
inside the rocket launcher thingy
So that’s that, a great day out and on the way home I saw this and liked it 🙂
fraggle ~ rocking a camera across the Universe 
I was gong to say “boys and their weapons..” but there’s girls there too, go on the ladies and their weapons!….love it 🙂
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Cheers Clare! 🙂
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Looks like an entertaining display. Were they recruiting there too? No doubt potential recruits like to see some ‘action’.
Poor old Sunderland F.C. What have they ever done to you? 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Yes there were recruiting cabins around the place. Newcastle United is my team, so it is de regueur to wish hell and damnation on the mackems. You have given me an idea for Thursday thoughts now 😊
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Not unlike Arsenal and Tottenham then.
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Looks like an eye-filled day, Fraggle.
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Certainly was Cindy, very entertaining! 😊
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I second the stadium of shite comment, nice photo’s.
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Haha they didn’t have a great season did they? Thanks!
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Absolutely woeful in a funny way ;D
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It does look like he’s on his phone there.
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He was having trouble getting the magazine back in his pocket 🙂
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That makes far more sense than checking the phone!
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I suspect a rocket attack might actually improve the Riverside Stadium :
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😀 😀 😀
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Wonderful photos.
Really enjoyed. 😎
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Thanks! 🙂
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I don’t love military anything, but I do like the photos where you captured the smoke so well, those are really cool.
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Thanks Jay, to be honest they were more Dad’s Army than crack troops.
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Now this looks entertaining.
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It was!
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I would have had a blast.
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I bet Phil was in his element. Great sign in the window 🙂
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He was well impressed with the medical demo. Cheers Eddy
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Ohh Phil must have had a great day:) great shots Fraggy.
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He did, cheers!
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