Holland

[steveD]

This year as usual a number of persons intend to go to the Monoconnection meeting at Doornenburg in Holland. This will be pincer movement with attacks from Hull and possibly from a southern port. at the moment I believe a stealth group intend to infiltrate a couple of weeks early and meet up at the site for the 'drink Holland dry' melee. The dates for the campaign are the 12th to the 14th September but a plan is forming to travel on the Thursday evening (11th) from Hull and travel up to Schoorl on the Friday. Should be pitchd up by lunchtime and then ride over to the Eisselmeer or possibly over the Northern Dam in the afternoon. Full on attack over to the site on the Friday to meet up with reinforcements from other brigades.
Anybody up for some excellent riding and company?

[guest7]

Your battle plan fails to mention the proposed reinforcement provided by the Royal Welsh Charioteers. Once a beach-head has been successfully established at Hoek, the raiding party will press on to rendezvous with the Northern brigades at the meeting point.

Details of force numbers are subject to code 4 strictures and therefore I am unable, in this communication, to confirm exact figures, other than to say that I will be amongst the raiding party.

Provisional plans are in place should any member of the raiding parties wish to press home an attack on Amsterdam. More details may follow.

GC

[Dave#22]

Hi Steve, Pat & I are booked on the Thursday ferry from Hull and returning on the Sunday.
    See you on the boat
       Dave

[Bill Rutter]

I'm going to have to work on the Missus but i quite fancy this event this year. It'll be a bit of an Operation Fortitude South for me, if you like. (Actually the original codename for the 1942 Dieppe landings was "Rutter" so that might be some sort of omen, but then they went and changed it to "Jubilee - full of daft nonsense me). I've tried to get that week off but have so far been knocked back. I might have a bit of luck nearer the time though....fingers crossed.

[guest7]

You damn fool, now every wireless operator from here to Berlin knows that the op is called 'Rutter'. I suppose from now on it makes no difference if we openly call the blasted sortie 'Operation Rutter'.

Anyway, good luck with the commanding officer, I'm sure she will give you a travel pass in the end.

GC

[Bill Rutter]

Alas it's not Agent D that I need the pass from GC, but Buckmaster at Baker Street.  All Lysander ops chock-full at the mo. Hoping for a last-minute cancellation.

[guest7]

Not 'Bendy' Buckmaster, an ex-Etonian? I was his fag in '28. Marvellous fellow, hell of a wrestler...  we used to get into all sorts of tangles in his rooms. We're both members of the Drones club, I'll leave a card with the porter asking him to intervene on your behalf.

I mean old chap, we can hardly call it 'Operation Rutter' if you're stuck in some West End eatery, entertaining debutantes whilst we quaff the ale hollandaise and get stuck into some pungent cheese from the Dykes.

Toodlepip
GC

[Bill Rutter]

Graham, if you're worried about the codename for the operation falling into the wrong hands why don't we change it? How about "Pike"?