After visiting the Anzac battlefield sites at Fromelles, we drove on another 40 kilometres to the historic French town of Arras. Arras also has its
Month: April 2019
Fromelles
For many years I have wanted to visit the battlefields of the Western Front to pay my respects to the brave young Anzacs who fell
Passchendaele and Polygon Wood
This morning, while we were still in Ypres, we drove just a few kilometres to visit the Passchendaele Museum and Memorial Park. The Battle of
Last Post
Every evening at 8pm, dating back to the late 1920s, the Last Post has been played at the Menin Gate memorial, commemorating those Commonwealth soldiers
Tyne Cot
This afternoon we visited Tyne Cot, the world’s largest Commonwealth war graves cemetery. On the short drive from Ypres, we passed the sites of several
Ypres
This morning, Rod drove us about 70km in our hire car to Ypres. Ypres, or Ieper as the Belgians spell it, was a medieval town
On The Road With Garry 