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Dieppe Ferry Port, France ‐ Jun 10, 2022

12.1 mi
Martigny ‐ Jun 26, 2022

12.6 mi
Guînes ‐ Jun 10, 2022

27.6 mi
Terlincthun British Cemetery

28.9 mi

+5

Terlincthun

Wimereux and the surrounding areas were home to a large amount of British Field Hospitals. Troops were shipped to the UK from Boulogne to places like Netley in Southampton. So it's no surprise to find...
Guînes ‐ Jun 9, 2022

98.3 mi

La Bien Aussi

La Bien Aussi

Have arrived at our final camp. Home for the next 2 days. This has the feel of being in the New Forest as it's only 20 miles from the Tunnel and Calais ferries, it is bumper to bumper Brits with the o...
Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium

10.5 mi

+12

Tyne Cot Cemetery

There are no words that sum up the sacrifice one generation of men gave to the rest of us. Almost half the British Empire servicemen who died in Belgium during WW1 are missing. The Tyne Cot memorial c...
Ypres ‐ Jun 8, 2022

69.1 mi
Bruges ‐ Jun 11, 2022
Ypres ‐ Jun 7, 2022

2.7 mi

+15

Menin Gate

Ypres

Have arrived in Belgium. Arrived on the outskirts of Ypres before we realised we had even crossed the border. So much for Brexit non-open borders, no free passage, passports at dawn and no bacon. What...

John Thomas Tibbs 1882 - 1916 Age 34

Roger's Great Uncle - Private - 8th South Staffordshire Regiment 51st Brigade of 17th Division. First landed France & Flanders, 1st August 1915. Killed in Action on Wednesday, 16th February 1916. Name...
Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery

92.3 mi

William Hackett. 1886 - 1917. Age 31

Roger's Great Roger's Great Uncle. Lance Corporal - Royal Worcester Regiment In mid-June 1917, the 1st Worcesters had marched into the ruined city of Ypres and took over front-line duty at Hooge inclu...
Aubigny-au-Bac, France

7.8 mi
Cambrai ‐ Jun 11, 2022

7.5 mi
Aubigny-au-Bac ‐ Jun 4, 2022

47.8 mi

+4

Cambrai

Best laid plans of mice and us!

Today's operation Plan A converted to Plan B. We were going to go to Arras by train but today is Whit Monday in France. A bank holiday. Over running engineering works (why does that sound familiar). m...

Happy Birthday to me.

Spent the day in camp. The weather was interesting. One minute thunder and lightning but no rain, the next, monsoon downpour. decided to take the bikes out for an explore of the area between squalls....

Home for my Birthday

Made it to camp 2, Aubigny Au Bac. A quick fuel top up and a dash into Carrefour for provisions. Roger wanted to buy the masoosive T bone streak that would have fed half of France but we would have ne...
Hargicourt

22 mi

Hargicourt

We always knew that this was going to be a challenge as Hargicourt cemetery is in a middle of a field, literally. Down a muddy dirt track took us to a massive field of potatoes. And there it was, pris...

Arthur Henry Roe. 1893 - 1918. Age 24

Sue's Great Uncle. Private - Machine Gun Corps. On 21 March 1918 when the Germans launched their immense Operation “Michael” offensive, also often known as the “Kaiserschlacht”, Hargicourt quickly fel...
Péronne

25.9 mi

Bloody Sat Nav!

We were going to stop here to see the museum but being Saturday, it was market day and Peronne has a one-way system that makes Spaghetti junction look simple. Roger was fast losing the will to live as...
Albert ‐ May 31, 2022

8.3 mi

Onward

This morning was slightly cooler as we packed up for our next stop. The next cemetery was going to be a devil to find as it was down a dirt track. Helga, the sat nat threw all her toys out of the pram...

Shopping and R &R

Back to the site for an afternoon sitting in the sun. A storm is threatened tonight so going to make the most of it. A quick stop for provisions in Intermarche and a top-up of fuel. I love poking arou...
Thiepval ‐ Jun 3, 2022

5.1 mi

+9

Lewis Henry Sills. 1885 - 1916. Age 31

Roger's Grandfather. Private - Scottish Rifles Lewis was a career soldier first enlisting in 1907. He was killed in action in 1916 and is remembered on the Thiepval Arch. His body was never found or i...
Beaumont-Hamel

13.2 mi

+5

Trenches and Craters

+2

Beaumont Hamel

Newfoundland ( Canadian Memorial)

The tiny village of Beaumont Hamel is surrounded with Military cemeteries of all nations. I despair to see rows and rows of headstones where the average age of the men (boys) is just 23. What a horren...

William Arthur Tibbs. 1881 - 1916. Age 35

Roger's Great Uncle. Sergeant - South Staffordshire Regiment Killed in Action Battle of the Ancre, 13–18 November 1916 The Battle of the Ancre was the last big British operation of the year. The Fifth...
Albert ‐ May 31, 2022

147.7 mi

+3

Poppies of the Somme

Albert

During WW!, Albert suffered appaling damage. occupied by the Germans in 1914 it was subjected to incessant bombardments. During the Battle of the Somme, the town became a centre for intense military a...
Dieppe ‐ Jun 2, 2022

125.2 mi

Jubilee Day

Thanks to multiple TV's on the ferry, we were able to watch the pageantry in London whilst we cruised across to France. nice gentle crossing of 4 hours to sunny Dieppe. no real checks on the french en...
Newhaven, United Kingdom

109.7 mi

Newhaven

Our original plan was to go Dover to Calais however the P&O fiasco put paid to that. In fact, it did us a favour, a bit closer to home and not so busy. Ferries from Portsmouth were too far west in Fra...
Whiteley, United Kingdom ‐ Jun 2, 2022

On the road again

This is the route we will be taking over the next 10 days if you wish to follow us. We have been planning this since the WW1 centenary in 2018 and then Covid got in the way. Made more urgent when we d...

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