.... that's the way of welcoming a new month ... other than that, it's a case of saying "White rabbits" 3 times ... but as a BtVS fan I really woulldn't want to upset Anya by speaking of those animals ( Read more... )

One of the reasons I picked this specific trip to Egypt was that one of the visits would be to El Alamein.  This was a major battle during WWII.  My sister-in-law's grandfather was based here, as well, during that time, bringing it to a more personal level.  As it turned out the lady on the tour with me also found it a moving location, as her ( Read more... )

One of our visits was one not scheduled ... and we went there for 2 reasons.  The first was that many of the group were Scottish, so we were taken to Black Watch Corner -

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Well I have some more photos to share.  On the Wednesday we had lunch at Hooge Crater Museum .... it is a great museum with a combination of items gathered from the war, but also models depicting life in the trenches ... both Commonwealth & German.


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Our first stop on Wednesday morning was a visit to Tyne Cot Cemetery - the largest CWCG cemetery on The Ypres Salient. There are almost 12,000 graves of which over 8,000 are un-named. There are a total of 35,000 names on the memorial walls of those buried with no known grave ( Read more... )

The first cemetery we visited was St Symphorien Military Cemetery ... containing early graves from WWI, as well as a few of the last deaths on 11/11/1918


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This morning was busy, bus, busy ( Read more... )

... However, as I have an appointment with my sport masseur in a short while I am only here for a short time - I aim to catch up tomorrow morning ( Read more... )

... As I have had a long week at work, which was good for the bank balance ... and a similar week ahead, housework, shopping, washing, etc has been deferred ... so I need to get on today and get a few tasks done ( Read more... )

Some cemeteries were started during the war, others over the years since.  After the war many bodies were moved from their individual locations into cemeteries, and even to this day bodies are still found, and re-buried with full military honours ... here are some of those I visited.

Flesquieres (where Deborah is!)

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