Somme, France July 2001 |
Vron |
Berck, Le Touqet & Montreuil-sur-Mer |
Thiepval Memorial, near Albert - Some Corner of a Foreign Field. |
Notre Dame de Lorette, near Lens |
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20,000 white crosses represent only a fraction of the 120,000 who died during a bloody three month battle in 1915. Such a waste of life. |
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Joke de jour, to lighten up the day, was that we went through Arras (pronounced 'Our Arse'!) |
Abbaye de Valloires, Argoules |
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The
abbey was built by cistercian monks in 1137 but has been rebuilt several
times.
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In
its past life it has also been an asylum for the insane, and apparently
it is still used as such? The formal gardens are only a recent addition.
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