My Weekend (Pt 1)

[TSC.]

Hi all,

This weekend I popped over to Northern France with a couple of friends. We have been over to visit the World War 1 battlefields & some of the memorials.

Based in Arras for a couple of days we managed to visit a few of the more famous areas of the Somme.

This is the South African memorial at Delville Wood (Devils Wood):


This tree is the only surviving tree in Delville Wood from the 1st World War:


The stone placed in front of the tree:



Delville Wood as it was left after the battle:


Next, the Battle of Vimy Ridge.

Cheers,

TSC.

[Craig.]

I look forward to the pictures TSC I did the rounds of the WW1 battlefields and grave yards with my history class at school. A moving experience. I remember that one in your photos very well. It was a very cold very windy and snowy day when we visited. wind chill of somthing like -21*s C

[Ivan]

We did a school excursion once to the excellent Ypres museum. Maybe one of the best WW1 museums in Belgium