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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
... 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 ...
Paying our respects to the fallen Canadians of WW1
(Renée) Since I was last in France, I had wanted to come out to Vimy to see the famous Canadian monument and memorials to the fallen Canadian soldiers of WW1 & WW2. Vimy Ridge is Canadian territory in France, and I have heard many stories of Canadians being treated with the utmost warmth ...
Another learning curve today with automatic locks!
... they do now put heights on the bridges so it is guess work if you can fit under or not.
Once we were through the 5th lock we turn right to go to where we could moor up and Isi noticed on the information there was supposed to be a diesel pump!! As we had not planned to come here, we had not noticed before, and as we turned to come in we actually saw a diesel pump! Wow! We decided we would fill up whilst they were open and before tying up ...
In Flanders Fields the Poppies Blow...
Well we really enjoyed Paris but were ready to move on. It was time to head to Belgium and our first stop was going to be Ypres. We arrived at about lunchtime which worked well as we had booked a battlefield tour for that afternoon. We made our way to our accommodation which was a bed and breakfast called Ter Thuyne. Absolutely beautiful but I guess so was the whole of Ypres. Considering the whole town was rebuilt in the 1920 after it was all destroyed during ...
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