Loved this. Primarily because I know exactly where you are talking about having been sent by HMG ( with a small number of friends) to monitor the ceasefire between the Polisario and Morocco. I have a war story too from those days - when we had done our time in quite the worst unsupported conditions I have experienced, my friends were pushing me to lobby HMG to get us home. I arranged a dodgy phone patch by HF radio ( in my land rover) to UK only be told to wait for a higher priority call - on comes PM John Major calling Terry Waite just lifting out of Beirut having been held hostage. I listened for a bit then hung up it seemed a bit churlish to be complaining about our 6 months in the desert! The lads weren’t quite so impressed with me chickening out.
I love stories of internet rabbit holes, I find myself doing it every day. Usually interesting, never boring.
Roger Crawley’s ‘The Conquerers’ is also well worth a read if you haven’t read it yet.
Loved this. Primarily because I know exactly where you are talking about having been sent by HMG ( with a small number of friends) to monitor the ceasefire between the Polisario and Morocco. I have a war story too from those days - when we had done our time in quite the worst unsupported conditions I have experienced, my friends were pushing me to lobby HMG to get us home. I arranged a dodgy phone patch by HF radio ( in my land rover) to UK only be told to wait for a higher priority call - on comes PM John Major calling Terry Waite just lifting out of Beirut having been held hostage. I listened for a bit then hung up it seemed a bit churlish to be complaining about our 6 months in the desert! The lads weren’t quite so impressed with me chickening out.