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Belgian Battlefields
... visitor centre located just outside the cemetery. Here you get an explanation of the history of this hospital cemetery. Here all the dead are known as they arrived as wounded soldiers who did not recover from their wounds. There are a number of interactive displays and a timeline of the role the Rimy Siding Hospital played in this area during WW1. As you walk towards the main entrance you walk through a long avenue -cemetery wall and vine on one side and 1500 metal posts on ...
Row upon row they rest
... grass walkways and flower beds, are all beautifully maintained and well presented. Each has its own attraction as a respectful and peaceful place for the poor buggers who ended up there. A stark contrast was presented by the dark colours of the German Langemark Cemetery which is also a resting place for thousands of known and unknown soldiers. Such waste on both sides of the trenches. Also saw evidence of how muddy the landscape can get - the ploughed ...
Ypres Cat Festival
... began. Unfortunately after the initial impressive explosion, the bonfire failed to light and the firemen (dressed as Executioners) had to help it along with some kero.
And a wonderful day was had by all.
PS. It’s Mother’s Day (in Australia) – the first one without my mum. The BOSS found a suitable stand-in so it seems I have become totally redundant and can stay away ...
In Flanders Fields the poppies grow..
... grand memorial to 55000 British/Commonwealth soldiers that died in battle but have no known graves. The gate stands above the houses all around and is one of the main entrances to the town, an entry across the water that surrounds the inner town and a route used by the soldiers out of Ypres onto the salient into battle. Once again, it was very sobering right up until the point when a group of lads drove through the gate wearing Arab gowns, with pastelled ...
Day 79 - Ypres
... trench and dugout before carrying on to Passendale where we spent quite a bit of time trying to find a memorial to NZ inset into the footpath which Mike was sure he had seen on TV a while back. We searched for a while before Mike asked in a shop, where the woman helpfully pointed us in the direction of what turned out to be the Canadian memorial! We finally gave up on that pursuit and carried onto the Tyne Cot cemetery. This is ...
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