#camp borden

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"Evacuated Farmers Allowed To Return To Pick Apple Crop," Owen Sound Sun-Times. October 2, 1942. Page 2. ---- May Enter Military Area at Certain Specified Dates ---- GO BY 9TH LINE ---- Former residents of the St. Vincent and Sydenham tank range have been given permission to remove the fruit from the farms formerly owned by them. Announcement to that effect was made on Thursday night by Brigadier E. C. Spencer, Camp Commandant at Camp Borden. Special permission has been received from the Department of National Defence in order that the former owners will not lose weir fruit. Brigadier Spencer pointed out that when the Department purchased these properties it included all the fruit in the area, and it is only because of a concession on their part that they are now being permitted to go into the area and take it out. It was officially announced that firing would cease on the range at midnight on Thursday nights for a three week period, and will not be resumed until midnight on Sunday night. The open dates on which the farmers will be allowed to get their fruit are Friday, Saturday and Sunday, October 2, 3 and 4: Friday, Saturday and Sunday, October 9. 10 and 11, and Friday, Saturday and Sunday, October 16, 17 and 18 It is to be clearly understood that only fruit will be permitted to be removed from the premises. All entry to the area will be made on the 9th line of St. Vincent, where there will be a military guard, and those gathering the fruit will sign in and out at the south boundary of the 9th line. On no condition should any former resident endeaver to enter the area at any other point than the 9th line gate.

The military authorities feel that this should be a sufficient length of time to permit of the gathering of all the fruit in the area. Brigadier Spencer also pointed out that it was never intended that there should be any waste of the fruit in the area, as had not this permission been granted soldiers under the order of the Transport and Supply Department would have been sent in to pick the fruit. which would have been taken to Camp Borden and used by the soldiers.

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Ooooooh I love the Lizzie Borden chronicles so much

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Telegram from Commander Alfred H. Terry to the Adjutant General of the Division of the Missouri

Record Group 393: Records of U.S. Army Continental CommandsSeries: Special Files of Letters ReceivedFile Unit: Sioux Indian Papers, 1879 - Brief and Letters Received 3721 (with enclosures to 3571) Thru 5219

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The Western Union Telegraph Company.

The rules of this company require that all messages received for transmission shall be written on the message blanks of the Company.

under and subject to the conditions printed thereon, which conditions have been agreed to by the sender of the following message.

A.R.Brewer, Secretary. William Orton, Prest.

No. [handwritten] 242 [/handwritten]

[handwritten at top of page] [illegible] / 36/ 29P [/[

[handwritten at right] 123 [ppw?] [/]

Dated [handwritten] At Paul/Minn/23 [/handwritten]

To [handwritten] Adjutant Gent Division [/handwritten]

Rec'd at cor. Lasalle and Washington Sts.,

Chicago, Ills. [handwritten] July 23, 1879 [/handwritten]

[handwritten] Missouri Chicago

On the seventeenth June the advance of [Mibs?] Column

under Lieutenant Clark second cavalry composed of

Lieutenant Bordens Company fifth infantry Lieutenant

Hoppins company second cavalry and fifty Indian scouts

had a sharp engagement between Beaver Creek + Mouth of

frenchmans Creek with four hundred Hostile Indians the

indians were pursued twelve miles when the troops in

advance became surrounded [illegible letters stricken through] Main Command was moved

forward rapidly + the Enemy fled North of Milk river

Colonel Miles reports that the troops engaged fought in

admirable order + are entitled to much credit that the action

of our Indians was quite satisfactory Cheyennes, Sioux,

Crows, Assiniboines and Bannacks fighting with the troops

Killing several Hostile Indians + forcing the enemy to

abandon a large amount of property. Our casualties are

two men Company Second Cavalry wounded two Cheyenne

and one Crow Indian Scouts killed and one Assiniboine

scout seriously wounded. A large scouting party sent

upon North side of Milk river near Head of

Porcupine reports to Colonel Miles that main

camp under Sitting Bull composed of sixteen

hundred lodges is on little rocky having moved over

from Frenchmans Creek Colonel Miles says this

report is corroborated by several others + by men

who were in the Hostile Camp as late as June Sixteenth

+ that he expects to move up between frenchmans Creek +

the Little Rocky where possibly the Main body of

Indians may be engaged

Terry Department Commander

246 paid Govt Rate

# 532

[stamped] RECEIVED

[stamped] JUL

[stamped] [2?] 23

[stamped] 1879

[stamped] MIL.DIV.,MO.

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eep i have a test on all of ww1 and ww2 (and the interwar period! yay!) tmrw and i'm not very ready!! anyways i'm going to summarize most of what i know ABOUT WW1 under the cut. mostly for my studying but if you want to see you're welcome to read it. BEWARE IT IS LONG

BACKGROUND

scene opens on Germany, a young nation eager to prove itself as strong to the other European powers, namely Britain, who has lots and lots of colonies at this point. (the sun never sets on the British empire!). Britain also has the strongest navy. Germany believes in "Weltpolitik", meaning aggressive expansion.

Germany has recently beaten France in the Franco-Prussian War and acquired the territory Alsace-Lorraine. France is angry and embarrassed. It went from being the biggest European power under the rule of Napoleon to this!! France hates Germany.

Russia is poor but MASSIVE and has a HUGE POLULATION. if it is awaken, it will do serious damage. luckily it is "sleeping" for now.

The Austria-Hungarian empire is made up of many different nations along the Balkan Peninsula who hate being part of the empire. The Balkan Peninsula is known as the powder keg of Europe because a single spark could make it blow up.

There was also the Moroccan Crisis where Britain decided to support France (against Germany) in Egypt and the Suez canal. There is more here, but basically it solidified the hard feelings between Germany and France/Britain.

Everyone starts beefing up their military because conflict is coming!

ALLIANCES FORM

Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy ally themselves to form the Triple Alliance. Germany organized this to try to isolate France.

Britain, France, and Russia ally to form the Triple Entente because they were a bit worried about Germany (especially France).

THE SPARK

Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, goes to visit Sarajevo with his wife. He thinks the people will love him! He doesn't know that he is visiting during a parade for Slavic independence. They don't like him. Gavrilo Princip, a member of a nationalist group called Black Hand, kills Francis and his wife.

Austria-Hungary is ANGRY. It blames the government (who didn't organize the assassination, but who weren't sad about it either) and makes unreasonable demands to Serbia, who refuses.

Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia.

Russia mobilized troops to protect Serbia.

Germany declared war on Russia for mobilizing its troops. Germany was aligned with A-H, so it was at war with Serbia too. Germany also declared war on France because it was allied with Russia (and Germany just didn't like France).

Germany marched through Belgium to get to France quickly so it could defeat France before Russia "woke up". This was called the Schlieffen plan.

Britain declared war on Germany because it had secretly agreed to help Belgium remain sovereign. Now that Britain is at war, so are its many colonies. The war has breached European confinement.

WAR WAS LONG. NO SIDE MOVED OR GAINED MUCH TERRITORY. MANY DIED.

CANADA'S INVOLVEMENT

Men had the idea that war would be quick and glorious so lots signed up!

Germans and Ukrainians were forced to register with authorities and many were sent to internment camps.

Black and Indigenous men faced obstacles trying to enlist because of racism.

French Canadians enlisted less because they had, for the most part, been in Canada longer than British Canadians, so they didn't feel as emotionally attached to France. They also didn't appreciate being encouraged to go fight for Britain because they weren't British.

Women's suffrage and prohibition became two large issues across the country.

Conscription - Borden had promised not to have conscription, but then he took it back. People were angry. He gave women with husbands overseas the right to vote because they would want to send help to the war to bring their husbands back. Yay?

THE BATTLE OF YPRES: Germany introduced poison gas and created a gaping hole in the defences. Canada remained strong and closed the gap. It was the first European battle Canada fought in and it established itself as a powerful country. yippee.

THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME: one of the bloodiest battles in history for all sides. 68 of almost 800 Newfoundland soldiers survived the first few days.

BATTLE OF PASSCHENDAELE: seen as a symbol of ww1's senseless slaughter as thousands died on the field (either killed, drowned in the mud because it was super rainy, or got trenchfoot (don't google it. yucky.))

VIMY RIDGE: this becomes a source of national pride to this day. Canada was able to take a ridge held by Germany that nobody else had succeeded in taking. Ultimately it gave Canada its own seat in post-war discussions and made it recognized as a country. HOW DID WE DO IT? They build a system of caves and tunnels and a railway to transport explosives. During the attack, a creeping barrage of soldiers made its way up the hill, in between heavy artillery fire (in front of and behind them) that was also making its way up the hill. This way, when they stopped firing, the Canadians were on top of the German soldiers. This is called the Vimy Glide. ARTHUR CURRIE was the general who came up with it.

TURNING POINTS:

Not really a turning point but i don't have another section: GALLIPOLI: Australia was a British colony so it had to fight for Britain. Britain threw Australians at the Ottomans as a feint. It was a slaughter.

ITALY CHANGED SIDES due to a secret treaty granting it territories that Italian people lived in. (After the war, they weren't given this territory, leading to the rise of Mussolini).

THE US ENTERED THE WAR: Americans had wanted to stay neutral, but they hated Germany thanks to British propaganda. A German U-boat sunk the Lusitania, which contained American civilians. THE ZIMMERMAN TELEGRAM was from Germany to Mexico saying to attack the southern states to the US was busy fighting and couldn't join the war. The US intercepted this, got angrier at Germany, and joined the war. This helped wear down the Triple Alliance (now down to 2 because of Italy).

PEACE TREATY WAS SIGNED ON NOVEMBER 11 1918

there was then a revolt against the German government because German people had believed they were winning.

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Frank Johnston

Camp Borden

1919

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1-9 Alingsås

De keuken van het restaurantje bovenop die berg hield niet over, maar even afdalen was echt geen optie. Ik kon kiezen tussen een hamburger of het grillmenu. Doe mij het laatste maar, dacht ik, dat is beter dan een hamburger. Maar je raad het al, het grillmenu bestond ook uit een hamburger maar dan met een beetje patat in plaats van brood en een snufje ijsbergsla.

Je had inderdaad een prachtig uitzicht op Falköping en op de Mosberg met de concurrerende camping vanaf het terras, helaas komt dat op de foto niet erg uit de verf. Maar wat ik wel heel goed kan zien, is het aanlokkelijk vlakke landschap dat zich naar het westen uitstrekt.

Na het eten kocht ik mijn ticket naar Frederikshaven, dinsdagochtend om acht uur moet ik op de kade staan. Waar ik me altijd weer over verbaas, is dat op de tickets het adres van de terminal ontbreekt. Je moet dan die hele website doorploegen, op zoek naar een aanwijzing. Ik snap dat als je met de auto komt, je alleen maar de borden vanaf de snelweg hoeft te volgen, maar voor fietsers ligt dat toch anders. Omdat alle rederijen dat zo ingewikkeld maken, vermoed ik een bepaalde reden, maar ik kan niet goed bedenken welke.

Het was een hele heldere nacht, er was geen maan, maar de sterren hulden het veld en de tent in een zilvergrijs licht, je kon net genoeg zien om geen zaklamp nodig te hebben. Het was lang geleden dat ik zo’n heldere sterrenhemel gezien heb, de afwezigheid van verlichting in de omgeving draagt er zijn steentje aan bij. De voorspelling was dat het zou afkoelen tot zes graden, dus ik had uit voorzorg alvast de thermokleding en mijn muts klaargelegd. Maar die bleken helemaal niet nodig dit keer, ik denk omdat de lucht zo droog was. Als ik iets over zessen opsta, schijnt de zon al over het veld en kan ik lekker in de warmte ontbijten.

Iets voorbij Falköping, in het gehucht Skyberg staat de 17e eeuwse Mariakerk. Er staat een klein bordje voor de deur met Open Kerk, dus daar moet ik even naar binnen. Er zijn wel wat resten van wandschilderingen, maar die zijn zo vaag, dat ik er niets uit kan opmaken. Wat wel interessant is, zijn houten panelen met de twaalf apostelen die los in het halletje staan. Blijkbaar komen ze uit de kerk, maar mij is niet duidelijk waar precies. Wat verhelderend is, is dat je Matheus en Matthias naast elkaar ziet afgebeeld, Matthias met de hamer. Laatst verwarde ik hem met de evangelist, maar het zijn toch echt twee verschillende!

In Floby staat er gelukkig een koffieautomaat in de supermarkt, want verder is er nergens wat te halen. Als ik in Herrljunga ben, zoek ik een konditori voor een broodje, maar ik vind alleen maar pizzeria’s en kebabhouses. Dan maar niet. Ik ben dan al zo dicht bij mijn doel voor vandaag, Vargårda, dat ik besluit een camping verder te gaan.

Het weerbericht ziet er niet zo goed uit, vannacht en morgenochtend regen. Ik regel maar alvast een hutje. Als ik bel, zeggen ze ja hoor, we houden er eentje voor u vast, een naam of telefoonnummer is niet nodig. Het is duidelijk einde seizoen.

En als ik dan eenmaal geïnstalleerd ben in mijn stuga met uitzicht over de baders in het Mjörnmeer, wordt er een nieuw weerbericht afgegeven. Niks regen, hooguit een beetje bewolking de komende dagen. Dan kan ik morgen in Göteborg gewoon kamperen, dat is mooi.

Gefietste afstand: 94 km

Gefietste tijd: 6:08

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Afsluiting kruispunt Hippolytushoeverweg met Den Oeverseweg

Lokaal nieuws: 'Afsluiting kruispunt Hippolytushoeverweg met Den Oeverseweg'

SLOOTDORP – Het kruispunt Hippolytushoeverweg met de Den Oeverseweg gaat twee weken dicht. De waterleiding wordt vervangen. Daarom moet het kruispunt worden afgesloten. De afsluiting is van maandag 26 augustus tot en met vrijdag 6 september. Camping ‘t Bos Roept is wel bereikbaar voor gasten. Andere weggebruikers moeten gebruikmaken van de omleidingsroute. Die wordt aangegeven met borden.

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Naast de Staphorster Rolletjes zijn er nu ook Staphorster Rondjes. Dat zijn twee bewegwijzerde fietsroutes door de gemeente Staphorst. “Met Ontdek Staphorst (57 kilometer) en Rondje Reestdal (55 kilometer) kom je langs de mooiste plekken van onze gemeente. Dit zijn verrassende routes voor bezoekers en bewoners”, zegt wethouder Herriët Brinkman. Zij onthulde woensdagochtend 3 juli in IJhorst vlak voor de regenbuien de wegwijzers van de routes. Rondje Zwolle Initiatiefnemer van het plan is Jouk Mussche. Het voormalig bestuurslid van Wieler Tour Club Staphorst-Rouveen (WTC) probeert de fietsroutes al enige tijd letterlijk en figuurlijk op de kaart te krijgen. “We fietsten met de WTC regelmatig het Rondje Zwolle. Dat is een prachtige route. ‘Zoiets moeten we in Staphorst ook hebben…’, zeiden we vaak tegen elkaar. Hier kun je ook schitterende tochten maken”, vertelt Mussche over de aanleiding. Ook voor inwoners Gemeente Staphorst was enthousiast over het plan en heeft nu twee routes uitgezet. “We investeerden onlangs in het fiets- en wandelnetwerk in onze gemeente. Daar passen de wegwijzers voor deze routes prima bij”, vertelt Brinkman, die bekent dat ze zelf meer een wandelaar is. “Maar ik ontmoet regelmatig mensen die genieten van fietstochten rondom Staphorst. Ook gemeentegenoten trouwens. Ik merk dat die vaak nog veel mooie plekken in het Reestdal kunnen ontdekken.” Verrassende routes Dat denkt Jouk Mussche ook. Hij fietste ondertussen beide routes al vanuit twee richtingen en ontdekte ook nieuwigheden op zijn eigen geboortegrond. “Tussen Rouveen en Hasselt kwam ik op twee weggetjes waar ik nog nooit was geweest. Ook voor inwoners zijn dit dus verrassende routes. En ze laten zien hoe gevarieerd het landschap rondom IJhorst, Rouveen en Staphorst is”, zegt de initiatiefnemer. “Het is hier onvoorstelbaar mooi…”, voegt Brinkman toe. Zij verwacht daarom dat ook toeristen en dagjesmensen genieten van de twee routes. Door dorpen en natuur Coördinator van het routebureau Jakob Ponstein heeft dezelfde verwachting. Het routebureau heeft geholpen met het ontwerp van de routes en het plaatsen van de routebordjes. “Vlakbij de parken en campings kun je beginnen aan deze routes. We bieden fietsers hiermee een leuk dagje uit aan. Onderweg kom je door de dorpskernen, langs de horeca en ontdek je hoe mooi de natuur en het landschap zijn”, zegt Ponstein. Hij hoopt dat veel ondernemers uit de recreatieve sector hun gasten wijzen op de twee routes. Gekleurde vlaggetjes De routes Ontdek Staphorst en Rondje Reestdal zijn te herkennen aan bordjes met gekleurde vlaggetjes. Die zijn ook weergegeven op de borden van het fietsnetwerk. De routes volgen de fietsknooppunten. Beide tochten gaan voor een deel over het grondgebied van de buurtgemeentes van Staphorst. Bekijk de routes ook op www.ontdekstaphorst.nl/routes/fietsroutes/ .

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“GERMAN-BORN SOLDIER GIVEN TWO YEARS,” Barrie Examiner. June 11, 1942. Page 1. --- Had Unlawful Registration Card and Failed to Register as Alien ---- CAME TO CANADA, '29) --- Convicted of unlawfully having in his possesin a registration certificate which was not issued to him, a 30-year-old soldier. Eric Horace Brandt, was given a term of two years in Portsmouth Penitentiary by Magistrate Compton Jeffs yesterday morning, and on a, second charge of failing to register as an alien between December. 1941, and  April of 1942, was given twelve: months to run concurrently.

When apprehended on April 15, he was in A-9, Canadian Armoured Corps (Advanced) Training Centre. (at Camp Borden, under the name of Reuben Schilski.

Constable James N. Clish of the" R.C.M.P. Toronto, detailed to investigate the case, told that he found that Brandt was born in Germany and came with his parents to Canada in 1929. After war broke out he enlisted in the Canadian army while living with his family at Lashtown. Sask.. in February, 1940, but was discharged in June, 1940, on a nominal excuse of being under age. At that time he was suspected of being pro-Nazi.

Witness stated that in November, 1941, he received permission to. move to Vancouver, but turned up later at North Battleford. Sask.. stayed overnight with a friend, Reuben Schilski, took the friend's registration certificate, and enlisted at Lloydminster under that name.

While at Camp Borden he had been in Toronto and registered at the Metropole Hotel as Roy Davis.. His father was believed to be in the German army.

The accused, of slight, build and normal appearance, told in detail his actions since 1927, when he claimed the family came to Canada. To the statutory question regarding church affiliation his reply. was, "My father is a Lutheran." He also told that he had been notified to return to Germany before war broke out with the assurance that after six months' labor camp and two year's army camp, he would be allowed to return to Canada, but he had decided to stay here. He had written asking for a guarantee of return but had received no reply.

To a question of Crown Attorney Frank Hammond, he stated that he had not taken the matter seriously but could easily have gone back to the German army if he had wished.

Mr. Hammond's view of the case was that the background gave it more serious proportions. The young man was not acting foolishly and if he had been doing so we could not afford to take a generous view:

"He is a potential danger," the Crown said.

Magistrate Jeffs thought that the situation looked like a need for internment.

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Events 6.20 (before 1945)

451 – Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius' battles Attila the Hun. After the battle, which was inconclusive, Attila retreats, causing the Romans to interpret it as a victory. 1180 – First Battle of Uji, starting the Genpei War in Japan. 1622 – The Battle of Höchst takes place during the Thirty Years' War. 1631 – The Sack of Baltimore: The Irish village of Baltimore is attacked by Barbary slave traders. 1652 – Tarhoncu Ahmed Pasha is appointed Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire. 1685 – Monmouth Rebellion: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth declares himself King of England at Bridgwater. 1756 – A British garrison is imprisoned in the Black Hole of Calcutta. 1782 – The U.S. Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States. 1787 – Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the 'United States'. 1789 – Deputies of the French Third Estate take the Tennis Court Oath. 1791 – King Louis XVI, disguised as a valet, and the French royal family attempt to flee Paris during the French Revolution. 1819 – The U.S. vessel SS Savannah arrives at Liverpool, United Kingdom. It is the first steam-propelled vessel to cross the Atlantic, although most of the journey is made under sail. 1837 – King William IV dies, and is succeeded by his niece, Victoria. 1840 – Samuel Morse receives the patent for the telegraph. 1862 – Barbu Catargiu, the Prime Minister of Romania, is assassinated. 1863 – American Civil War: West Virginia is admitted as the 35th U.S. state. 1877 – Alexander Graham Bell installs the world's first commercial telephone service in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. 1893 – Lizzie Borden is acquitted of the murders of her father and stepmother. 1895 – The Kiel Canal, crossing the base of the Jutland peninsula and the busiest artificial waterway in the world, is officially opened. 1900 – Boxer Rebellion: The Imperial Chinese Army begins a 55-day siege of the Legation Quarter in Beijing, China. 1900 – Baron Eduard Toll, leader of the Russian Polar Expedition of 1900, departs Saint Petersburg in Russia on the explorer ship Zarya, never to return. 1921 – Workers of Buckingham and Carnatic Mills in the city of Chennai, India, begin a four-month strike. 1926 – The 28th International Eucharistic Congress begins in Chicago, with over 250,000 spectators attending the opening procession. 1942 – The Holocaust: Kazimierz Piechowski and three others, dressed as members of the SS-Totenkopfverbände, steal an SS staff car and escape from the Auschwitz concentration camp. 1943 – The Detroit race riot breaks out and continues for three more days. 1943 – World War II: The Royal Air Force launches Operation Bellicose, the first shuttle bombing raid of the war. Avro Lancaster bombers damage the V-2 rocket production facilities at the Zeppelin Works while en route to an air base in Algeria. 1944 – World War II: The Battle of the Philippine Sea concludes with a decisive U.S. naval victory. The lopsided naval air battle is also known as the "Great Marianas Turkey Shoot". 1944 – World War II: During the Continuation War, the Soviet Union demands unconditional surrender from Finland during the beginning of partially successful Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive. The Finnish government refuses. 1944 – The experimental MW 18014 V-2 rocket reaches an altitude of 176 km, becoming the first man-made object to reach outer space.

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SG08 Längs motorvägar (Vargön - Göteborg 103 km 556 hm)

Hey och välkommen! roepen de borden van camping Lisebergbyn in Gothenburg. Hier zien we elkaar weer. Ingrid is onderweg vanuit Malmö. Ik ben er rond 15:30u appt ze. Die tijd zal ik in het drukke centrum van de stad aankomen, het is daarna nog een half uur fietsen naar de stadscamping. Veel hectischer dan Stockholm, trams en bussen rijden kriskras – zo oogt het – doorelkaar. Ik maak snel wat…

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Ernzen - Trier - Igel

Donderdag 2 mei

Ik ben al vroeg wakker deze ochtend en geniet in de zon van mijn ontbijt tot er enkele bouwvakkers aankomen. Ze zijn bezig op de begraafplaats en willen net een grote laadbak legen met grint. Met veel verontschuldigingen vragen ze of ik mijn deuren en ramen wil sluiten van mijn campertje zodat het stof niet naar binnen waait. Ik geef direct aan dat ik natuurlijk maar te gast ben en rijd mijn campertje gewoon naar de andere kant van de parkeerplaats. En dat was maar goed ook! Wat een stof kwam er vrij. Ook al staat mijn campertje nu wat verder weg, hij wordt alsnog erg stoffig 😂 haha.

Ik pak de laatste spullen in en rij slechts een kleine tien minuten verder naar de watervallen van Irrel. Ik ben de eerste, het is ook nog vroeg net na 9 uur. Hier is na de enorme wateroverlast in juli 2021 een nieuwe hangbrug opgehangen.

De oude houten brug, uit ik meen de jaren 50, is door de watermassa kapotgegaan. De waterval waarover wordt gesproken op de borden, is overigens niet meer dan een stroompje.

Wel is het er schitterend en maak ik nog een korte leuke wandeling van een kilometer of vier langs de rivier naar het plaatsje Prümzurlay en weer terug.

Ik stap weer in de auto en rijdt vandaag naar Trier. Ik ben hier al eens geweest, maar het lijkt mij leuk om hier nog een keer langs te gaan. Daarnaast zou het erg slecht weer gaan worden, regen en onweer, en dan is het altijd prima om in een stad te vertoeven in plaats van wandelend in de bossen. Ik parkeer mijn campertje aan de rand van de stad en via de ‘ groene gordel’ loop ik in een half uurtje naar het centrum. Onderweg is het al drukkend warm. Ik maak een korte stop bij de Kaiserthermen maar ga hier uiteindelijk niet naar binnen.

Ik besluit via het park, langs de paleistuinen door te lopen naar de ‘altstadt’, oude binnenstad, van Trier.

Het is er gezellige druk. Veel Nederlanders hoor ik om mij heen. Helaas worden er net op de markt allerlei witte tenten geplaatst waardoor het mooi zicht op de oude gebouwen enigszins belemmerd wordt.

Ik loop naar de Porta Negra, een prachtig gebouw wat ooit een kerk/klooster is geweest nadat het eerst een stadsmuur was.

Ik koop een kaartje en kan het gebouw van binnen bekijken.

Het is erg mooi en vanaf elke verdieping heb ik een mooi uitzicht over de stad!

Na ruim een half uur (dat is lang voor mij doen) loop ik weer naar buiten. Via allerlei straatjes struin ik zo nog even een tijdje door de stad, totdat ik plots een enorm donkerblauwe lucht zie aankomen. Het gaat vrij snel en dus loop ik ook in een beetje rap tempo terug naar mijn campertje. Met nog een snelle pitstop bij de supermarkt red ik het om droog bij mijn campertje te arriveren. Het rommelt inmiddels wel al behoorlijk. Op de plaats waar ik sta, vrij afgelegen kan ik ook de nacht doorbrengen maar gezien het slechte weer kies ik er toch liever voor om iets verderop op een camping in Igel te gaan staan, mits ze plek hebben. Voor ik daar naartoe rijd bel ik ze eerst en moet ik nog even geduld hebben. Ze bellen mij terug en hebben nog precies een plekje voor mij. Mazzel! Ik rij in een kwartier naar de camping en eenmaal daar aangekomen, blijft het de rest van de middag gewoon heerlijk droog. Ik kan zelf buiten eten! 

Wat natuurlijk ook heerlijk is, is eindelijk weer een douche! Wat na een kleine week wat behelpen meer dan welkom is.

Gedurende de middag en avond klets ik nog gezellig met mijn buren. Nederlands stel uit Hilvarenbeek. Zij hebben afgelopen week in de Elzas gestaan en blijven hier nog twee nachten staan voor ze weer huiswaarts keren. 

Hmm, dit is een leuke plek misschien blijf ik hier nog wel een nachtje staan als dat mogelijk is. Dat besluit neem ik morgenvroeg als ik iets beter het weer kan inschatten.

[pesterloglog]

Karkat Vantas, Swifer Eggmop, Kanaya Maryam, Meenah Peixes

Candy, page 25

KARKAT: SWIFER

KARKAT: SWIFER CAN YOU...

KARKAT: SWIFER!

SWIFER: Aye aye Commander! What’s up?

KARKAT: FOR THE LAST TIME, DON’T CALL ME THAT.

SWIFER: Why not, Commander? Yer the Commander, ain’t you?

KARKAT: NO, I AM NOT THE “COMMANDER.”

KARKAT: DID I EVER ASK TO BE IN CHARGE?

KARKAT: DID I EVER ACCEPT AN OFFICIAL APPOINTMENT FROM SOME OSTENTATIOUS MILITARY BOARD?

KARKAT: HAVE I EVER SUCCESSFULLY LED A CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE INCREASINGLY OPPRESSIVE REGIME THAT WE SUFFER UNDER ON A DAILY BASIS?

KARKAT: THE ANSWER TO ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS IS CATEGORICALLY AND CATASTROPHICALLY: FUCK. NO.

SWIFER: Well gee, Commander. I think it’s more of a symbolic title, representin’ how much faith everyone has in you.

KARKAT: WHAT FUCKING FAITH?

KARKAT: AS JUST DISCUSSED I HAVEN’T DONE A DAMN THING TO EARN ANYONE’S FAITH.

KARKAT: SO FAR ALL THIS “TROLL REBELLION” HAS AMOUNTED TO IS A WHOLE LOT OF DICK ALL, WITH AN ADDITIONAL SIDE SERVING OF JACK SQUAT, FOLLOWED UP BY A FINAL COURSE OF GETTING TO WATCH OUR TOP ANALYST, CLIPER BORDEN, BEING FORCED TO DANCE TO AVOID LIFE IMPRISONMENT IN A LABOR CAMP ON LIVE TELEVISION AND MAKING A COMPLETE ASS OF HIMSELF.

SWIFER: Poor Cliper.

SWIFER: He could record a stat like nobody’s business but no one ever taught the boy how to dance.

SWIFER: If only we knew, this all coulda been avoided.

KARKAT: NO!

KARKAT: HE SHOULDN’T HAVE TO DANCE IF HE DOESN’T WANT TO.

KARKAT: THAT’S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT SWIFER.

SWIFER: Oh.

KARKAT: BUT WHAT’S THE POINT IF I CAN’T EVEN SAVE ONE OF MY LIEUTENANTS FROM MORTIFYING PUBLIC EMBARRASSMENT FOLLOWED BY A LIFETIME OF HARD LABOR IN THE CAKE MILLS?

KARKAT: IF I CAN’T PROTECT MEMBERS OF THE SO-CALLED RESISTANCE FROM THE FICKLE AND CRUEL VAGARIES OF JANE’S INSANE, PASTRY-BASED SHADOW DICTATORSHIP, HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO PROTECT THE COMMON PEOPLE?

SWIFER: Golly. Look Commander. That’s a big question that I think you gotta take up with someone more in the know than myself.

SWIFER: I just swif the floors.

KARKAT: OH, YEAH. RIGHT.

KARKAT: SPEAKING OF WHICH.

KARKAT: THE LEAK IN THE CEILING?

KARKAT: YOU KNOW, RIGHT ABOVE THE PLACE WHERE WE KEEP ALL OF OUR FRAGILE LOGISTICS EQUIPMENT?

KARKAT: DIDN’T I TELL YOU TO FIX THAT A FUCKING WEEK AGO?

SWIFER: Well sir you told me to “take care of it” and I sure as heck took care of it!

KARKAT: THEN WHY IS IT STILL LEAKING?

SWIFER: Oh. By “fix” you meant that you wanted me to plug the crack!

KARKAT: WHAT THE HELL DID YOU THINK I MEANT?

SWIFER: I thought you meant for me to mop up the water that had gathered...

SWIFER: And then use that water to swif the bejeebus out of the floors.

SWIFER: Which is, by all accounts, what I did.

KARKAT: UGH.

KARKAT: YOU KNOW WHAT?

KARKAT: I’M GOING TO GET SOME FRESH AIR.

KARKAT: BY THE TIME I GET BACK I EXPECT THE HOLE IN THE CEILING TO BE “““SWIFED””” THE FUCK CLOSED.

KARKAT: OR AT THE VERY LEAST

KARKAT: PUT A FUCKING BUCKET UNDER THE LEAK OR SOMETHING.

SWIFER: Sir! Oh my gosh! A bucket? Sh-should we be seen...

SWIFER: Consortin’ with a bucket?

SWIFER: *Together*??

KARKAT: OH MY GOD.

KARKAT: GROW THE FUCK UP, EGGMOP.

KANAYA: Well

KANAYA: That Was A Lot

KARKAT: OH SHIT.

KARKAT: I DIDN’T REALIZE YOU WERE STILL ON THE LINE.

KANAYA: We Hadnt Finished Our Conversation About The Clandestine Transportation Of The Mother Grub

KANAYA: Which I Hope You Realize Is Still An Operation Of Grave Importance At Least On Par With The Terrible Threat Of The Leak In Your Office

KARKAT: SORRY. I KIND OF HAVE A LOT GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

KANAYA: I Can See That

KANAYA: Please Do Not Be So Hard On Swifer She Really Does Try Her Best

KARKAT: YEAH. I KNOW.

KARKAT: TO BE HONEST THAT WASN’T ABOUT SWIFER AT ALL. OR EVEN ABOUT THE LEAK.

KANAYA: Yes Karkat That Was Obvious

KANAYA: Rose And I Have Been Following The Dance Off Tribunals Very Closely This Month

KANAYA: Your Lieutenant Does Not Have A Chance

KANAYA: But Do Not Let It Weigh Heavily On You

KANAYA: Everyone Who Joins The Rebellion Knows That Being Exiled To The Cake Mills Is A Very Real Possibility If They Are Caught

KANAYA: That Includes You Karkat

KANAYA: If You Bear The Responsibility For The Lives Of Every Member Of The Rebellion Youll Crack Under The Stress

KANAYA: And As Much As You Are Loath To Admit It

KANAYA: You Are The Face Of This Movement

KARKAT: YEAH.

KARKAT: I HATE IT, BUT YOU’RE RIGHT.

KARKAT: FUCK YOU, YOU’RE ALWAYS RIGHT.

KANAYA: As My Wife Likes To Tell Me Often

KARKAT: UGH. FUCK HER, SHE’S ALWAYS RIGHT TOO.

KARKAT: HOW THE HELL DO YOU TWO TOLERATE EACH OTHER?

KANAYA: Quite Thoroughly Enthusiastically And Often

KARKAT: WOW. UGH. OK.

KARKAT: THAT’S ENOUGH OF YOU FOR TODAY.

KANAYA: Oh I Am Sorry I Did Not Mean To Rub My Interspecies Happiness In Your Face I Understand That Its A Sore Subject

KARKAT: THE ONLY THING THAT’S SORE IS MY EAVESDROP FUNNELS FROM LISTENING TO YOUR ENDLESS MOTHERING.

KANAYA: Karkat I Am Sure That If You Were To Just

KARKAT: DON’T

KANAYA: Call Dave And Ask Him To Join You...

KARKAT: WOW, IS THAT ANOTHER CAVE-IN I HEAR HAPPENING SUDDENLY ALL AROUND ME?

KANAYA: He Would Be At Your Side Instantly

KARKAT: KANAYA WE’RE BEING OVERRUN BY IMPERIAL DRONES! IT’S HORRIBLE! THERE’S DEATH AND FIRE EVERYWHERE, AND ALSO I CAN’T HEAR A FUCKING WORD YOU’RE SAYING, SO IF YOU WERE TO EVER TO ATTEMPT TO REFERENCE THIS CONVERSATION IN THE FUTURE I WOULD HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT

KARKAT: SO IT WOULD PROBABLY BE BEST FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED IF YOU’D DROP THE SUBJECT AND NEVER MENTION IT AGAIN!

KANAYA: Okay Karkat Have A Good Walk Ill Talk To You About The Mother Grub Tomorrow

KANAYA: Goodbye And Take Care

KARKAT: OH. YEAH. YOU TAKE CARE TOO. TALK TO YOU TOMORROW.

KARKAT: MEENAH??

KARKAT: WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING HERE?

MEENAH: woah shouty mcnubs that you

KARKAT: UH, THAT’S STILL NOT MY NAME. BUT YEAH.

MEENAH: nice

KARKAT: WHATEVER HAPPENED TO FIGHTING LORD ENGLISH?

KARKAT: DID THAT WORK OUT OR... WHAT?

MEENAH: nah it was a total wash

KARKAT: OH.

KARKAT: WAIT A MINUTE.

KARKAT: ARE YOU...

KARKAT: ALIVE???

MEENAH: yeah bitch

MEENAH: im back 38)

KARKAT: WHERE THE FUCK DID YOU GET THAT RING?

KARKAT: WAIT, YOU DIDN’T...

KARKAT: MEENAH, DID YOU ROB CALLIOPE?!

MEENAH: who

KARKAT: THE GIRL WITH THE HIDEOUS GREEN SKULL FOR A HEAD.

KARKAT: THAT WAS HER RING. I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION SHE NEEDED THAT TO LIVE!

MEENAH: oh

MEENAH: nah man

MEENAH: its not hers i got it from some other total sucker

KARKAT: WHO???

MEENAH: dont matter

MEENAH: complete bonehead chump you aint be hearin from again

KARKAT: MEENAH, ARE YOU FUCKING LYING TO ME.

MEENAH: nubs i wouldnt do that to you

MEENAH: not after all this time

MEENAH: ya girls fine this shits my own damn ring

MEENAH: capisces?

MEENAH: what are you up to?

KARKAT: WELL...

KARKAT: THAT’S LIKE, A WHOLE FUCKING EXPLANATION.

MEENAH: splain awave nubby

KARKAT: I’M SORT OF IN THE MIDDLE OF STAGING A WIDE SCALE GRASSROOTS REBELLION AGAINST AN INCREASINGLY AUTHORITARIAN GLOBAL HEGEMONY THAT IS OPPRESSING OUR PEOPLE.

MEENAH: hmm

KARKAT: ACK.

MEENAH: now thats what im TALKIN about

MEENAH: yeah i could use a new seacond in command

KARKAT: ACTUALLY, YOU’D BE *MY* SECOND IN COMMAND.

KARKAT: NO OFFENSE OR ANYTHING, BUT MY FACE IS ALREADY ON ALL THE POSTERS.

KARKAT: ALSO I DON’T EXACTLY HAVE THE MOST CONFIDENCE IN YOUR COMMAND ABILITIES CONSIDERING THE LAST TIME I SAW YOU, YOU WERE TALKING BIG ABOUT HOW YOU WERE GOING TO TAKE DOWN LORD ENGLISH, AND NOW YOU’RE EATING DIRT ON OUR SHITTY NEW PLANET LOOKING PRETTY FUCKING DEFEATED.

KARKAT: BUT TO BE HONEST, I NEED ALL THE HELP I CAN GET.

MEENAH: oh yea no problem

MEENAH: ill be your fuckin second guy

KARKAT: YOU WILL?

MEENAH: flip yes

KARKAT: WOW

MEENAH: yeah dude just point me at where the actions at i dont even give a fuck

MEENAH: water the orders boss

KARKAT: OK THIS IS LIKE

KARKAT: I’M NOT EVEN SURE HOW TO SAY THIS?

KARKAT: I’M ACTUALLY REALLY FLATTERED, AND KIND OF SINCERELY HONORED THAT YOU OF ALL PEOPLE WANT TO FOLLOW ME?

KARKAT: IT’S LIKE, COMPLETELY NOT AT ALL WHAT I...

MEENAH: youre ruining it dude

KARKAT: OH

KARKAT: FUCK. SORRY.

KARKAT: I MEAN...

KARKAT: HEY!

KARKAT: FISH ASSHOLE!

MEENAH: who me

KARKAT: YES FUCKING YOU. THE FALLEN FASCIST DIPSHIT WITH THE STOLEN RING.

KARKAT: GET THE *FUCK* IN LINE, BEFORE I *PUT* YOU IN LINE!

MEENAH: oh

MEENAH: oh wow

MEENAH: Y-ES

MEENAH: Y---ES SIR!!! 38D

MEENAH: well here comes the caviarlry

KARKAT: THE WHAT?

MEENAH: the cavia—

KARKAT: I’M ALSO FUCKING ORDERING YOU TO STOP MAKING GARBAGE FISH PUNS FOREVER.

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