Baltic whispers of Mr HG Wells

 The summer months were busy with some welcome travel, on the trail of Henry Williamson and TE Lawrence in Norfolk, Devon and Dorset.  The countryside was glorious indeed in the late summer sunshine.

Activities in toys soldier land were dominated by play testing an Interwar set of rules for FLW - they included a siege game (the Alhambra, 1936)  based on the siege of the Alaczar.  

 Bob's blog carries a report, 

http://wargamingmiscellany.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-siege-of-alhambra-not-quite-spanish.html

and I will be writing one up for a new FL (Inter) War  blog.

So, 'winter quarters' is now here and I can return to the Gustavian Baltic shoreline.  I continued to research various aspects of the conflict, and found a couple of quite useful books in Hay on Wye - including a little gem called 'Through Finland to St Petersburg', printed in 1908.

I was delighted indeed to read the opening lines, which have confirmed that I am on the right path with this project:

"In a wonderful passage in one of his most imaginative novels, Mr. HG Wells describes the coming of day on the moon."

The book has some occasional whispers about the Russo Swedish War, as Mr Scott travels across the disputed territory of 1788.  More to follow.

And in other news, Galley building continues, and some welcome reinforcements arrived from Alan in the Duchy.  They have bolstered the Russian forces and there is a lot of painting to do.

I hope that you enjoyed the summer, and that you have many happy hours to contemplate in toy soldier land...