WOOHOO! What a charity ride

[ClockworkOrange]

You naughty Brits. Even cheeky stuff, when said with a British accent, is endearing as all get out. Congratulations on a very successful ride!

Are those gentlemen in uniform for a special event, or do the pensioners who stay at the hospital there wear them all the time?

Roxy

Hi Roxy

I must confess to not knowing the answer so have Googled it for you:

In-pensioners are entitled to come and go from the Royal Hospital as they please, and are permitted to wear civilian clothing wherever they travel. However, within the Hospital, and in the surrounding area, in-pensioners are encouraged to wear a blue uniform. If they travel further from the Hospital, they should wear the distinctive scarlet coats instead of the blue uniform. The scarlet coats are also worn for ceremonial occasions, accompanied by tricorne hats.

In uniform, the pensioners wear their medal ribbons and the insignia of the rank they reached whilst serving in the military. They may also wear other insignia they earned during their service and many pensioners now wear parachute jump wings and even SAS jump wings.

It is illegal to impersonate an in-pensioner; at one time this was punishable by death.

I have learnt something too.

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[nancielle]

Congrats to you and your team on your ride. Very impressive amount of money raised as well. Loved the photos and your write up. Especially loved your helmet.

[owlice]

What a great thread!! Thanks for sharing, and excellent job!!!

[ClockworkOrange]

I received a phone call yesterday, from Leukaemia Research, to tell me that our Team is to be given an Award!

Unfortunatey, not all of the Team are allowed to go, so there are only 7 of us, I had to choose the people who had raised the most money, which seemed fair.

Anyway, Tuesday week we are all to go to Piccadilly in London to the Awards Party.

My friends are so very excited and I am excited for them, it will be a great evening, lots of fun too.

China Town in Leicester Square is not far away, so I expect we will all finish there for the evening and have a nice meal.

Just had to share my good news.

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