Introduction
I am in the process of upgrading the site so rather than add two pages of the same thing I shall use a modified version of this new style for future posts until everything is linked back in again.
Visiting the battlefields
I have been visiting the battlefields of the Western Front for about twenty years now. In order to be able to potter to my heart's content I moved to France in 2003, bringing my meagre pension with me.
Through the menu on the right side of the page you should be able to explore the countryside.
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Not everything is covered because there is so much to see and visit. My objective is to try and link things together so that with luck readers who were looking for one thing will find something else that interests them nearby. That's how the site is constructed: I become distracted by something totally unconnected with the research in hand, but interesting all the same.
Simon
Recent Updates
The Christmas Truce Tournament
Over the weekend of the 3rd and 4th December four U12 junior sides from English champions Manchester United, the Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund, Belgian Pro League team KRC Genk and France?s Ligue 2, Racing Club de Lens were in Ieper to compete in a tournament commemorating the Christmas Truce of 1914.
Posted on: 6 December 2011
Festubert and Givenchy
Pages added for four memorials near Festubert and Givenchy
Posted on: 2 December 2011
Armistice in Ieper
Added photos from the commemoration of the Armistice 2011 at the Menin Gate, Ieper.
Posted on: 16 November 2011
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