Premiere Classe Lille Centre
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Don't trip, Dodson.
Day Two:
We left the hostel in Chatham around 10am for our next stop – Dover ferry port. The fourty-five mile journey was pretty easy going, and after a couple of hours we found ourselves ahead of schedule so decided to stop off in Canterbury to hunt down some food. £20 on Nando's later and we set off for the ferry. The second leg …
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 ...
Paying our respects to the fallen Canadians of WW1
... in the North by the French in honour of what our country contributed during the wars, particularly the first.
I won't say much else, I just think its important to take a moment and recognize that we live in a country that does have a young but rich history in this respect.
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Day 17 - Bullecourt, then Lille
... on the GPS for the Trouee d'Arenberg and the famous cobbled roadway that bisects the forest. Along the way I followed about 60km of the actual Paris-Roubaix route including a few of the earlier cobbled sections. I hope to return with my bike tomorrow to ride a few of these.
Finally reached Arenberg and stopped at the entrance to the forest to take some photos. Around the corner came a truck towing a trailer carrying a ...
In the footsteps of the brave: In Flanders Fields
... grass. The cemetery is surrounded by tall, hefty oak trees casting dappled shade across the grounds. This gives the place a much darker feeling. Although both are places of solemn remembrance, Langemark just seems to fill me with a sense of death and doom.
Langemark was the conclusion of our first day on the Western Front and we hot tail it to Lille, just over the border in France. Not far from Langemark we pass Vancouver Corner where a large spire, atop it a bust ...