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Belgian Battlefields
... This site now is now shared with a few sheep quietly going about their business. Next stop was Bedford House Cemetery and again we walked over this extensive commemorative location. This cemetery has 6 separate sections and therefore covers quite a considerable area. We could find few signs of the large chateau that was originally located at this site. The small stream at the road end of the cemetery was running strongly after recent rain and we had further showers while we visited. ...
Overnight Stop - 2
... Another drink then stroll round the square. Go into Flanders Museum (a must see) amazing building and exhibition.
Another drink near Menin Gate ready for Last Post. Very moving,was ok until choir sang Hallejah, then that did it for me.
Off to get something to eat and a few more drinks.
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From "Flander's fields" to Westvleteren
... beer phone, you have to give personal information, including the license plate number to your car. One is then given a date and time at which you must be at the front gate of the abbey to purchase the beer. It is strictly forbidden to be resold and after you purchase your two case limit, the same car or phone number cannot purchase again for another sixty days. All of these measures are only because there is a small amount of beer ...
Landing in Belgium - on to Ypres
... gestures. The Western Front (this area) is a sea of cemeteries and a plethora of wartime battle sites and stories. The figures of the losses are incredibly overwhelming, the Aussies had 65% of their soldiers either injured or killed and the allies lost a million troops. So many, so young and so futile.
On a brighter note, every village has its own brew so there are 40 – 50 local ales to sample before we get to drink Champagne for 3 days! Annette ...
In the footsteps of the brave: Ypres to Fromelles
... was later established that his younger brother had been the one who had wrapped him so carefully. Johan is now trying to fund raise to commission a “Brothers in Arms” memorial for all the brothers who fought and died in WWI.
Following lunch we leave Flanders and return to France and our last few stops of the day in the area surrounding Fromelles. Along the way we pass the site of the 1914 Christmas truce.
First stop is the VC Corner Cemetery near ...