Karl Richards

Trucker, archer, photographer, guitarist, Christian - quite a lot going on in one head :-)

[Karl Richards @Corax67]

@markwil147 You’ve no hope mate - give in gracefully, watch Die Hard and head to Lidl for Stollen

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@fesshole I was 47 when my son was born, he turns 10 this December and I feel younger now than I did before his birth. Don’t stress it and enjoy the experience

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@fesshole Worked for a farm feeds company as a delivery driver, after the third cat hitched a lift to our yard I got really good at checking everywhere in the lorry before driving off

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@JeremyClarkson Think I’ve actually seen more exciting cricket games sadly.

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Never been more disappointed with @GiveBloodNHS than today - don’t overbook sessions then cancel appointments by text with less than an hours notice BUT tell me when I arrive (already en route) if I’d booked after 6:30pm “those appts are never cancelled” 😡 a slap in the face

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@ZerkaloAngling Had 4 on SMWG this morning pole fishing banded 8mm Pellet O’s

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@KBJWhitstable @Channel4 Been waiting for this since we met you at your old studio and you spoke with such passion of moving to Wales

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@ZerkaloAngling You can only catch what’s in front of you - maybe needs a bit more warm weather

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@fesshole Your wife knows - it’s a test and not a nice one, don’t get drawn in and give the BIL an ultimatum to fess up or you’ll give him up.

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@_Islamicat Spoiling a rant with facts - nicely played

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@Avantphoto @ILFORDPhoto @AnalogueWLand Who doesn’t love a bit of home developing and printing - love Ilford

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@_Islamicat That’s how Planet of the apes started 😱😱

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@SteveSpeirs4 Those of us daft enough to be anglers feel your pain too 😂

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@TeresaDriscoll What an inspired partnership - as a family we sit together holding our collective breaths during their dances and there is silence in the room, only couple that happens with

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@MathewsAnnika The process is soul destroying - been through it 3 times in 25yrs and rejected at BAP on the last go. So many people saw my call (from age 16) and moved me forward yet the church hyper focussed on academic achievement above that. Now 56 & just attend, going through the motions

[Moz Perkins⚓️🇨🇶🇬🇧 Author 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @MozPerkins]

On November 7th, 1920, in strictest secrecy, four unidentified British bodies were exhumed from temporary battlefield cemeteries at Ypres, Arras, the Asine and the Somme.

None of the soldiers who did the digging were told why.

The bodies were taken by field ambulance to GHQ at St-Pol-Sur-Ter Noise. Once there, the bodies were draped with the union flag.

Sentries were posted and Brigadier-General Wyatt and a Colonel Gell selected one body at random. The other three were reburied.

A French Honour Guard was selected and stood by the coffin overnight of the chosen soldier overnight.

On the morning of the 8th November, a specially designed coffin made of oak from the grounds of Hampton Court arrived and the Unknown Warrior was placed inside.

On top was placed a crusaders sword and a shield on which was inscribed:

"A British Warrior who fell in the GREAT WAR 1914-1918 for King and Country".

On the 9th of November, the Unknown Warrior was taken by horse-drawn carriage through Guards of Honour and the sound of tolling bells and bugle calls to the quayside.

There, he was saluted by Marechal Foche and loaded onto HMS Vernon bound for Dover. The coffin stood on the deck covered in wreaths, surrounded by the French Honour Guard.

Upon arrival at Dover, the Unknown Warrior was met with a nineteen gun salute - something that was normally only reserved for Field Marshals.

A special train had been arranged and he was then conveyed to Victoria Station, London.

He remained there overnight, and, on the morning of the 11th of November, he was finally taken to Westminster Abbey.

The idea of the unknown warrior was thought of by a Padre called David Railton who had served on the front line during the Great War the union flag he had used as an altar cloth whilst at the front, was the one that had been draped over the coffin.

It was his intention that all of the relatives of the 517,773 combatants whose bodies had not been identified could believe that the Unknown Warrior could very well be their lost husband, father, brother or son...

THIS is the reason we wear poppies.

We do not glorify war.

We remember - with humility - the great and the ultimate sacrifices that were made, not just in this war, but in every war and conflict where our service personnel have fought - to ensure the liberty and freedoms that we now take for granted.

Every year, on the 11th of November, we remember the Unknown Warrior.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them.

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@mattcoyney It’s when they suddenly go quiet that terrifies me most

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@CHIMPSINSOCKS This is actually a sensible thing to implement - even if a blanket ban were introduced tomorrow it would be impossible to remove all the guns already in circulation in America but this can save lives and that is vital.

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@DeanMacey @MainlineBaits @ChurchwoodFish That’s a result - you eat while they do the hard work

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@FlimsRadar @fesshole 😂 nah she’s sound as a pound and our son loves her to bits