Travel Blog Photos from Somme (15)
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I start in the Belgian city of Mons (Bergen) and the weather is fine.
... moving experience and a real silence fell over us for most of the day. We now headed south-west back across into France to the Somme Valley. This was the site of the later battles of the First World War and again the site of incredible numbers of ...
At 8:30 Ade Elliot dropped us back in Calais and after a few photos we set off. After about a mile we hit the first hill, Dave Starkey clocked 40.4 mph with brakes on! We pulled him out the hedge in no time at all, but he left a big hole. We moved on at a ...
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Eifel towe
Posted on Aug 30, 2008, 16:34:20
... gallant action by the Newfoundland regiment in 1916 (ask for a guided tour), and also Thiepval and the British memorial to the missing from the Somme Battlefield. Whatever your interest, you cannot help but be moved by these memorials. Dan BuzzWorld
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Destination Name Game
Posted on Oct 3, 2008, 08:11:53
name of a province doesn't count..it has to be a city or town.,...etc... Abbeville, France Town in the Somme département, Picardy region, in northern France, 19 km/12 mi inland from the mouth of the River Somme and 40 km/25 mi northwest of Amiens; ...
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