I've grown up, luckily, with only a distant relationship to war and soldiering. Michael Winter More Quotes by Michael Winter More Quotes From Michael Winter You can't go wrong with major life and death stories when it comes to a competition, so I thought I'd have a go at writing one. Michael Winter youcompetitionlifedeath 'Into the Blizzard' follows the author as he traces the footsteps of the Newfoundland Regiment during the First World War: where they trained in Scotland, where they fought in Gallipoli and where they died at the Battle of the Somme in France. Michael Winter footstepsbattlewarworld Beaumont-Hamel sits within a thousand acres of French agriculture. The trenches are under this blanket of grass. In the 1920s, a park was established here and trees from Newfoundland imported to encircle the battlefield so you get the feeling of being within a copse of woods. Michael Winter feelingyouagriculturewoods I didn't like filtering the story through me, saying, 'Reader, you'll be safe with me. While it gets a little dangerous, it'll be okay because, after all, you're with me, because I'm a warm convivial voice. But let's be entertained by this horrible stuff.' I didn't like that. Michael Winter sayingmeyouvoice
