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9th-12th-Lancers - Year 1984 - Page 0110

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Regiment 9th/12th Lancers
Year 1984
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A truifik‘ Sliti‘wttr El t:__i|itt"-pw :f [let-a
[.M'IMI. 1 19(t1flt': '3'.» {it as ettzirittlt'
gigantic autt’it‘iitihilt-a, and we were wit
it) set.- the test tif the Bernard family :it
tlEfrith Gulfstreritri. New Gufttstttiaitr:
(hi-1354 not have flit»;- irutwatd Ulettriiini' r,:r'
PB FCC at‘d :3 ‘t'hfitlfjh with
eight frelds, thr: .‘irr.-i‘-,= ‘ ba- .. anti
tHI'th less DaterlfrttitfiitJS. every-thing
rather uriderstiilerl, hut ther= whereas
PHI-“CC IS the new, Gulfstreatn l}; the
old. dating from the 1920's and the
playing ctitiitge iii the alder [.Jli'i‘y'll'xtg
fartiilies. We were tit Diary here Elf rt ‘r‘i
appreciate the relaxed, getterhus :i.z:‘i
(it’itlfelv prefesat'inril atrr'irfispiiere
Surrounded by railed paddocks, the
horse barn only yards away behind,
the Berrihards farm, Paco L: C', was
In become uur HfifCZCttfd home. With m:
always want \rt-‘r-llcrin'ie and Never
ending supply nf Iirnes, oranges and
grétpflfl‘utl from the trees that lined the
drive and garden.
Over an excellent supper and our: or
two Budwer5ers, wt: discussed the
days ahead. Six days of pole were
[Jr-Hittilled iii anti SUIT“? parties, and
beyond that we were free to (in at; we
Wished {At this rrtrirte Sniffer IZ}I Jr-iiiirzs
|‘vt:-ir_;ke'irtess was rtettrrig a bit E‘Xfiiltr-tti I
Alter the long flittli‘, t'tE: immediate
tilt-it! hart heer! Shutter. a grass tit t'
mitt Si") tL‘: bett. H at least that. -.iiI.ir
rilrtti Others; litill butter ideas HJivii‘t'i
tit]: up to Cfit{,tl till" fltght a1 0530 hm
(irrrr'naii time. we lll‘éillv gut tit: hurt
trait-r flittik] a! ‘ll'llrtO t'l‘.“—1 Hit-.- ft'zllr'wxrtiit:
tritium" Iat'r‘ TI,'-![1€'i‘llrt"pr93.:am ' '
rmit'f ,, ' \‘u‘l‘<,.'l" in. mi? Sun" .
[it]? With heuw heath; we all t':.'1rfJ rm
irritJrrt:SSIi_iti:5 til 'ilttt tIFSI night at
Critiihlestunes. til Budweiser, .‘i {'It'it’i
tttitn tTtaChll'tO, pruriuung endless
ft'itrLJi'Itfllf'IS le thirst itutfuc' ’ -
nmre 'BudE' and their the fit. iii-
feared 'Yukur Jrir‘ks' That was ituite
{1 party and was fll‘y‘ tu he the first 'I'tf
litany, and our} f'EiEIStJf'I forever
ii icreasitig sleep {tHFJFlvatlDt'L
Our first day [up Willi the lark. {i
Shurt. painful jrig tel: Clear the head, a
collectively cooked t‘ireakfast figiltuwed
by a Swit‘fii was largely one tif bertir]
shown around. Where the fields were.
where we WOLtJd titriv. Ed's String Of 17
ironies [same Aigiréntinians hut riiariy
U” the trackt, who lived where. that
eternally seductrve tack shot), the
Tackena, the plush shopping centres,
where to buy the 'deessel' and Ill-E}!
Bank. tr'icreasmgly amazed by what
we saw around us and jet lag catching
up last. we cruised hnt‘ne all set for Ett‘
early night.
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