The boons of the Black Grail lead slowly  but surely down the path of utter corruption.  Only very few of the chosen can withstand  the blessings of the Lord of the Flies.  Most are turned into Grail Thralls,  and join the endless legions of empty,  hollowed-out and diseased husks who  must obey the whims of the Black Grail nobles for all eternity,  while suffering the torment  of their countless supernatural infections. - Trench Crusade Wiki Hello one and all and welcome back to The Art of Caesura! Before I start, I want to say Happy Birthday to my mum today, but I'm afraid you're going to hate this post... Last week I regaled you with photos from our summer holiday. I end the post telling you about the foetid mess that was our fridge/freezer when we got back (it had lost power for several weeks). Well, that proved to be a nice segue into today's post... Almost 2 years ago , I first started getting hyped for Trench Crusade on this blog. I t...

Life is short and the world is wide. - Simon Raven Welcome back one and all to The Art of Caesura! We have now returned from our summer holidays in Lake Annecy and Chamonix, France; and a bit of Novello, Italy. I won't do a whole play-by-play, but I will just share a few photos as much to help me remember some of the experiences that we had as to share them with you! First a map (or two) to orient us of our route: We flew from Dublin to Geneva and then drove down to Lake Annecy in the French Alps, where we spent about a week at Les Fontaine Eurocamp.  We then drove to Chamonix to stay with our friends for about a week and a half. To end our trip our two families drove to a stunning area of the Italian wine country for a little "holiday-within-a-holiday".  Here's a zoomed out map to better orient yourself: Now, let's zoom back in (figuratively speaking) and take a closer look at what we got up to.  The Euro Camp, and Lake Annecy in general, where honestly awesome! ...