la Grande Sainte Catherine
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Belgian Battlefields
... checking the Visitor's Books at each cemetery to see if we can come across any evidence of the North High connection visiting the same places we have been. This was all we could do of our tour (Flanders Fields Museum in Ieper being closed on Mondays and we have visited the Menin Gate twice for the 8pm service) so we followed Bob Shaw's recommendation and headed towards Poperinge to see the Lyssenthock Cemetery. This was a real highlight of our day. Our visit began in the very ...
Row upon row they rest
... Car Route 1914 -18' guide of cemeteries and other WW1 sites and decided to head out and make the most of the wonderful clear weather. Our self paced guide book will eventually take us 70 km throughout the Ypres district. With the expert assistance of my very talented wife - come navigator - we managed the first 13/19 sites on the tour route, as well as one very significant additional stop, without the use of our Sat Nav. Didn't quite get the whole ...
The first time on a campsite since I was a teenage
... the mud to get hooked up, we gladly took up our neighbours offer of a cup of tea.
They had been fulltiming, mostly in Spain for years. And they gave us some very useful tips. We will get a small electric kettle and a low power fan heater.
And so to food and bed - listening to the persistent rain.
Exhausted but having sooo much fun.
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The learning curves continue!
... 13.13 metres deep. There were tie on places in stages going up the side like a ladder, but only enough to get our middle line on as we can't reach any others. Isi then spotted a bollard on a slider so John put the line on that. It certainly made life a lot easier as we now realised it was a lock and not a lift, so as we rose up, this slid up with us. There was quite violent water movement from the middle of the lock but we sat quite nicely with the one line on and the ...
A day in Ieper
... see the Last Post at the Menin Gate one more time. It was packed. It seemed that at least 3-4 schools worth of students were in town that night. The exodus was surprisingly quick, but I'd made the mistake of waiting to eat until after the ceremony and everywhere was busy. The kids weren't there... they were in all the chocolate shops. I went to Poppy's again for some pizza and then hit the sack. Tomorrow was going to be an early day.
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Other places to stay in Saint Omer
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Le Bretagne
2 Place du Vainquai, Saint Omer | 3 star hotelfrom $82 -
Ibis Saint Omer Centre
2/4 rue Henri Dupuis, Saint Omer | 3 star hotelfrom $80 -
Ibis Budget Saint Omer Centre
Avenue du General de Gaulle, Saint Omer | Hotelfrom $46 -
Hotel Saint Louis
25, rue d'Arras , Saint Omer | Hotelfrom $84 -
La Sapiniere
12 Route de Setques, Saint Omer | Hotelfrom $75 -
Hotel les Frangins
5 Rue Carnot, Saint Omer | 2 star hotelfrom $73 -
Hotel Restaurant L'Industrie
22, rue L.Martel, Saint Omer | Hotelfrom $90 -
Relais Romelaere
Chemin du Grand St Bernard, Saint Omer | Hotel -
Buffet du Rail
pl. 8 mai 1945, Saint Omer | Hotel
