The Somme part 2
Lunch was in Peronne, which has absorbed Mont St Quentin and happens to be Sylvestre’s home town. It was getting a bit grey and we were pleased that he insisted that we enjoy une...
Daily Archive: January 8, 2009
The Somme part 1
I have very mixed feelings about this day; certainly, I had looked forward to it as another immersion in the history of the Great War, but I hadn’t banked on the depth of the...
A day lost and gained
I should be more upset: the cherished dream of visiting Ypres and Fromelles evaporated because our assumption that Avis in Amien could provide a GPS navigator proved unfounded. But given the weather and road...
The Trip to Amiens
It’s the fifth of January and we have made our way to Amiens through a rare Parisian snowfall. Normandy was cold enough to leave frost on the road side through the day, but as...