JacZero

By JacZero

Where are those gulls?

I met up with super talented blipper Gsyguy to see what was going on in Castle Cornet to mark the 200th anniversary of the death of Maj Gen Sir Isaac Brock.

During the summer months they fire a cannon at noon every day, but today they had a 15 gun salute for Sir Isaac, and awesomely, due to the time difference with Canada, was exactly 200 years on from when Gen Brock was killed at 07:00 on 13 October 1812 at the Battle of Queenston Heights in Ontario.

I say it was 15, but number 4 failed to fire and then, deafened by the cannons and screaming babies, I lost count, so I don't know if they added it back in!

Source: BBC News

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