tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2591229843590982581.post5093731330020547234..comments2024-03-29T04:27:37.731-07:00Comments on JJ's Wargames: Battlefields in Devon - Battle of Sourton Down 1643carojonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11826580638291659193noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2591229843590982581.post-32211275508447082962016-05-12T23:34:19.586-07:002016-05-12T23:34:19.586-07:00Thanks Adam, yes the progress and developments of ...Thanks Adam, yes the progress and developments of time are a bit of a mixed blessing to those of us interested in these dramatic events from the past, but, if you will excuse the pun, we have to choose our battles.<br /><br />There are some places that really should be beyond 'development vadalism' and I have used this blog to promote their saving for future generations, such as the farm at Quatre Bras and the threat of a golf course car park development on the Wars of the Roses site of the Battle of Northampton.<br /><br />Hopefully if we band together and write and campaign loudly enough we can make a difference to protect really important sites of historic significance and save them for future generations to be able to walk over.carojonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11826580638291659193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2591229843590982581.post-71618784003722831912016-05-12T17:04:16.431-07:002016-05-12T17:04:16.431-07:00Very interesting! Thanks for sharing. Too bad ther...Very interesting! Thanks for sharing. Too bad there is a service station smack in the middle of the battlefield. I always feel a pang of regret when I see that element of history swallowed by modern growth.A.P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04557979425409883713noreply@blogger.com