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It is Monday we must be in Belguim
After an early start and on to the ferry we arrived in France to start our journey to Yrpes.
First stop was for coffee in Beuges but when we arrived the markets wer eon. They were awesome, fresh fruit and veg, clothes, me3at , jewelry you name it they had it. We wandered around town listening to the bell tower ringing out ( often out …
Belgian Battlefields
... address or location and spent some considerable time trying internet sites and just driving around looking for this site. Eventually we got the Sat Nav to locate this as a 'memorial' and reached the cemetery just after dark. It was also closed by then so I found a gap in the hedge fence I could climb through and paid my respects. Cheryl somewhat annoyed at my driving obsession to do what I had decided I wanted to do despite the dark and poor weather. Headed back for Ieper and ...
Row upon row they rest
... the girls footsteps over this hallowed ground. The donkey and goats in the yard next to Polygon Wood Cemetery added a little levity to our visit. The sun was going down quickly as we headed back on to the guided route. We watched the sun set while we were at Hill 62 and we enjoyed the views back towards Ieper in the fading light. Last night I came across a brochure that indicated the Old Tom Hotel was part of a group of Ieper Hotels who were offering ...
Close to home
... He came to Australia to talk to the Aussie Govt without luck. He has since researched and listed over 650 sets of brothers who died on the same day during the Flanders and Somme battles.
The afternoon was spent mooching around Ieper, exploring the streets and churches. I went to the Last Post again and this time the crowd clapped at the end, which I found most ...
In Flanders Fields the poppies grow..
... by endless bombardmentover the trenches and tunnels and watched as a couple of children played amongst it all with not a clue. It was quite fitting.
I found the experience a little difficult to take in, being a place where people died at the peak of their lives fighting, not a graveyard where people are laid to rest. It all seems a little surreal now - just a bit of turf in the middle of Belgium surrounded by a few houses and bars.
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