Ypres battlefields
Trip Start
Jul 07, 2008
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Trip End
Jul 11, 2008
Ieper, Belgium
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
All are well and enjoying themselves.
A day in the rain today though! We've seen lots of graves - soldiers from Britain, Germany, New Zealand and Canada. We visited Essex Farm, Landgemark Cemetery, Sanctuary Wood / Hill 62, Hooge Catrer (but they've filled it in) and the excellent 'In Flanders Field' museum in the centre of Ypres where pupils saw the actual gas masks Wilfred Owen depicted in his poem 'Dulce et Decorum Est' and were shocked by the sounds of the shells dropping in the trenches! Connor Oliver may have found the name of his great-grandfather in one of the war memorial books at Tyne Cot British Cemetery, the largest Commonwealth cemetery in the world. It's an amazing experience which we will tell you about after tea and attending the last post at Menin Gate. So we'll be back soon.
Comments
Sounds like a brilliant experience
Sounds like you are all having a wonderful time, even with the rain you have had.
Looking forward to the photo's and an update on this evenings activity which i hope you are going to be adding soon.
Hope the chocolate shopping went well and no-one ate too much of it.
Will be lookin back in soon to see what you have all been up too.
Have a wonderful experience all of you.
Presents
Hope you like the photos, more to upload when we can.
Yes the chocolate is all around and everyone has been told to take some back home as presents. Trouble is the journey back is quite long so it may be difficult not to eat a little on the way. his could be a real test.
We had a great deal as we were a school group. Five bars of chocolate, fudge, 2 free gifts in a box, brilliant.