Year: 2019

Cycling the Somme Valley

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A selfish solo day on my ebike, covering 58 miles on 5 April. This is a stunning area to cycle whether  you have an interest in the Somme Battles or not.

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Leaving Hardecourt aux Bois on a very fine Somme day.
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Suzanne Military Cemetery No 3
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Suzanne Military Cemetery No 3
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Suzanne Military Cemetery No 3
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The Chateau Mericourt
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The Chateau Mericourt. I met the owner on his way out, had a chat, He told me how hard it was to keep it going.
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French Military Cemetery at Cerisy.
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The Battle of Le hamel. Australian Memorial Le Hamel
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Australian Memorial Le Hamel
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Villers-Bretoneux
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Chipilly Military Extension in a pretty spot overlooking the Somne valley
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Memorial Chipilly
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The delightful Morlancourt Cemetery No 1
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The equally delightful Morlancourt Cemetery No 2
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Entering Albert – a view I had not seen before

The Hindenburg Line

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The lovely little Pigeon Ravine Cemetery – most easterly Somme Department Cemetery – with Meath Cemetery (Nord) beyond it if you look carefully.

The American Somme Cemetery at Bony, including a nurse. Very quiet on this still and chilly Sunday.

Templeux Le Guerard Cemetery

Epehy Wood Farm Cemetery

Trips for 2019

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And they both seem a long way off.

 

First, back to Gallipoli at the end of May. Last there in 2015 on the centenary of Malcolm Hancock’s time at Suvla and Hill 60.

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And then back to The Somme at the end of August.

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