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| Bears Dad Member Since: 09 Dec 2011 Location: Aylesbury Posts: 43   
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A couple more...
French Cemetery on the Somme:  Click image to enlarge Handy little guesthouse right on the front line in Auchonvillers (www.lesgalets.com) Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge One of the many small cemeteries that dot the landscape. Men were buried where they fell. Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Also stayed in one of the larger hotels - and noticed what was propped up against the post when we checked out! Click image to enlarge Live artillery shell! Click image to enlarge |
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10th Aug 2015 10:52am |
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| TACK Member Since: 26 Apr 2009 Location: Essex Posts: 1045 
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Great pictures, done a few WW2 trips of my own, but not got onto WW1 trips and history yet
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10th Aug 2015 11:06am |
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| Bears Dad Member Since: 09 Dec 2011 Location: Aylesbury Posts: 43
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I'm the opposite
I want to do the Normandy beaches and then into Poland for the camps One day... |
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10th Aug 2015 12:20pm |
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| Rosco Member Since: 03 Dec 2010 Location: Burntwood Posts: 1835 
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I've always fancied a trip to see both the WW1 and WW2 notable sites.
Are they well signposted/easy to find or would paying for a tour be worth the extra cost? 2007 - Stornoway Grey 90 XS SW - Gone 2002 - Black Discovery II - Gone 2014 - Montalcino Red 110 XS SW |
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10th Aug 2015 12:51pm |
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| munch90 Member Since: 26 Oct 2013 Location: guildford Posts: 3558 
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went ago the Normandy beaches with my dad in his series 3 when I was young
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10th Aug 2015 12:54pm |
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| Bears Dad Member Since: 09 Dec 2011 Location: Aylesbury Posts: 43
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I don't know anybody who's been on a tour.
I just headed to Ypres (Ieper) and picked up a free driving guide from the museum in the Cloth Hall. There's loads of info once you're there. Just go and explore! |
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10th Aug 2015 2:37pm |
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| bluebottle Member Since: 08 May 2015 Location: Not in my Landy enough! Posts: 705
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From memory Albert has a good museum in the town.
The Lochnagar Crater is still an impressive sight even after several years of slow natural backfilling. The Thiepval memorial is truly moving and there's a few German cemeteries around which are worth visiting to contemplate the utterly different style of remembrance they employ. 2005 110 XS - Cairns Blue "Bertha" - Gone, and sorely missed |
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10th Aug 2015 2:52pm |
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| Stef 110 Member Since: 25 May 2015 Location: Gent Posts: 5  
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I live in the Ypres - area, If you go to the Tourist office in the centre of town, you can find several routes going by the most important places . In my opinion if you want to see everything, take a few days to discover the Ypres - area.
And don't forget the last post , Always so impressive |
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10th Aug 2015 2:59pm |
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| Bears Dad Member Since: 09 Dec 2011 Location: Aylesbury Posts: 43
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8pm every night without fail.
I love Ypres - great bars and restaurants too. |
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10th Aug 2015 3:35pm |
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| Rosco Member Since: 03 Dec 2010 Location: Burntwood Posts: 1835
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Thanks for the suggestions. Definitely worth considering for a weekend (or longer).
But do I go with the lads or SWMBO? 2007 - Stornoway Grey 90 XS SW - Gone 2002 - Black Discovery II - Gone 2014 - Montalcino Red 110 XS SW |
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10th Aug 2015 5:27pm |
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| Stef 110 Member Since: 25 May 2015 Location: Gent Posts: 5
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Even better to go just outside Ypres, the little villages have great restaurants and bars , in my opinion much better than a lot of tourist traps in the center of Ypres...
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10th Aug 2015 6:59pm |
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| walfy Member Since: 29 Aug 2007 Location: Frome Posts: 2661
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Whenever I'm passing Ypres I stop of for the Last Post. Done it several times now. It's posible to be present at the cemetary and still make the last ferry from Calais back to Blighty.
Another great place is the St Nazaire submarine pens. Very moving. We stopped off there on the way back from a boys trip a couple of years ago. A quick impromptu history lesson and another location ticked off my list of places to go and visit 110 D250 SE HT 110 USW SOLD RRE HSE Dynamic Gone, wife killed it VOLVO XC60 R Dynamic with some toys Polaris RZR 900XP SOLD |
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10th Aug 2015 7:25pm |
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