Sunday, 16 February 2014
Ski training
In Tradgardland ,at this time of year, the light infantry train on skis. They engage in inter company competitions consisting of a mix of cross country skiing races and shooting . Each man is equipped with two skis, one ski pole and a rifle. At the end of each day they retire to mountain huts where they cook their food, share pickled herring beer and sing long into the night...
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Ah, the Tragardland Winter Olympics! The night is long, so they have to have a lot of good songs to sing, and put off taking another sip of that pickled herring beer a while longer! :-)
ReplyDeleteNice ski troop figures; the Norwegian army project has made me much more aware of them.
Very nice work. As above for the pickled herring beer :-\
ReplyDeleteLovely. Are those figures your own conversions?
ReplyDeleteIt does sound like more fun than I used to have on winter exercises. We didn't have pickled herring beer (not sure if that was a deprivation) and I don't recall much singing at night.
When I lived in Nova Scotia I got fond of pickled herring - it came in little jars, was perfect on crackers, and was referred to locally as Solomon Gundy. I suspect there are many local names for it.