I am now back in the True North Strong and Free for my mid-tour leave. I think it's Sunday, but I'm not 100% sure, having slept about eight hours in the last seventy-two. It's raining, but a wet Ottawa summer is a welcome change after the dust of Afghanistan.

I am looking forward to a meal that doesn't include meat cooked to ratshit and covered with barbecue sauce.

A few days to get over the jet lag and then it's off to Goderich, Ontario for the annual Celtic College and Festival.

Edmund