Great few days in Belgium on The Western Front.
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| The Cloth Hall Ypres |
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| Peronne Museum Northern France |
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| A German War Cemetery. Gas was first used here. |
Ypres is a magnificent city. Aussie flags everywhere. Lessons from the Western Front. Question everything. So many sons thrown to the slaughter. Came out the museum at Frommelles crying. What a complete and utter cock up.
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| A German Bunker Hill 60 |
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| Old Trenches adjacent to the Passchendaele |
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| Hill 60 |
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The Front Line Hill 60
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| Shells in the museum at Hooge Crater |
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| Bike Festival Ypres |
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| An old hand grenade dug up by a tractor and left by the side of the road in near Frommelle |
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| Enjoying some Belgian Beer at Hooge Crater |
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| Menin Gate Last Post Ceremony |
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| Remembering the Fallen Tyne cot Cemetery |
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| Le Canberra Hotel Belgium |
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| Tyne cot Cemetery |
Tired and emotional.
The songs that were never written, the children and grandchildren that were never born, the devices that were never invented. Oh the humanity. War is a disgrace. Testosterone has a lot to answer for. Keep it in check boys. So much chaos and waste, mismanagement and frivolity. Australians appeared to have made many friends on their way to the Western Front. What an honour just to know a tiny bit more.
We are moved beyond belief.
I can imagine the emotions you would be feeling. The look on your daughters face made me laugh. She is such a character x
ReplyDeleteHello Caro, thank you for taking me there. We saw the travelling exhibition about WW1 and was so glad the lids know some of this terrible story. Would love to visit as you have.
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