Sunday, 19 May 2013

Across the water to see the neighbours

Off to France/Belgium/Switzerland for a week with Neil & Alan - bit of a repeat of 6 years ago when we went to Normandy/Brittany together on teh bikes.
So its down to Dover for the 1 o/clock boat, meeting some other guys on the way at a cafe in Deal so that gives us 9 - quite an invasion force!!
Reporting in to the boss - all safe & sound

We are sailing......
 Once at Calais, we head out towards Ypres to check out the Menin Gate, then head on to Lille for the first night's stop. Just before we get to Lille we take another detour to Fromelles to have a look at the new CWGC Pheasant Wood cemetery built in 2010 to hold the remains of 337 WW1 soldiers found nearby in 2008.
Menin Gate
 

Alan finds something to 'amuse' himself with

Pheasant Wood, Fromelles
 

 
 Weather's been really good - dry & sun shining, but it ain't going to last.


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