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Belgian Battlefields
... in arms once dead in the ground. Some pretty autumn colours in some of the trees at the back of this cemetery. A moving but peaceful visit. Sat Nav had difficulty directing us to Talbot House Museum in the centre of Poperinge as a set of one way streets had her beaten. Eventually we parked and walked into the centre of town only to find the museum closed -another disappointment. Headed north to find a second German cemetery near Vladslo. Major frustration here as we had ...
To the Western Front
... with only a brochure Bob Shaw had given us we found Xxx British Cemetery on Aubers Ridge - our first cemetery visit impressed us greatly. In cold and grey conditions we shook our head at the tragic waste of human life. This cemetery, like all of the others that followed this afternoon, was magnificently kept and was undergoing some restorative works. Cheryl wrote in each of the Visitors Book at each cemetery we visited. Next we headed for Fromelles. Could not find ...
Feline Fever
... not be closer to the main square and all the action. Only drawback is that my bedroom is up 4 flights of stairs and my knee is protesting and gone on strike. I've asked Charlotte to find me a physio as I fear I'm not going to last the next week.
We are here for a week and will be venturing far and wide to delve once again into WWI stuff. Like the Somme, this area was devastated and thousands lost ...
Flanders Fields
... sit near each other. The majority of the group was Australian which may be a reflection of the strength of the Australian dollar or the relevance of the tour to our country. Although the weather was miserable the tour was absolutely fantastic. We visited a number of sites relevant to the Allied campaign against the Germans in the battlefields of the Great War. The day was spent around the Ypres Salient and was a sobering and eye opening experience. We ...
In the footsteps of the brave: Ypres to Fromelles
... these headstones belong, were my age or younger. A fact that isn’t lost on the guys and girls in the group. Many of us can’t imagine ourselves at war in a foreign land as 18 year olds, and yet they were here, often putting their mates before themselves just as Clarence Jefferies from Newcastle, NSW did. In leading a group of men in storming German machine gun posts under heavy fire an act that got him killed. Unlike many though, his act of bravery was rewarded with ...
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