Cambrai 1917.........and Deborah!

Arrangements made with Philippe last night to see Deborah, and the plan was that we would go in his car from the hotel and then he would drop me back so I could get on the bike and do a route that covered most of F battalions activities.

What I didn't expect was for Philippe to give me a personal tour of pretty much the whole battlefield - that's where so and so tank was destroyed, there are some bunkers, this is the line of German support trenches etc etc. he also had the  1917 trench map overlays linked to GPS so we could see what was there. 

And of course we ended with visiting Deborah D51 in Flesquieres. A most excellent day, and a nicer guy with a passion for the Cambrai tank battle you'd find hard to beat. 

This left me with a better understanding of the layout and the relationship between places and made my own little tour that  much better as I knew where I was going and what to include.

Pics to follow as me camera ain't talking to the netbook for some reason.

Whats behind the big barn door?