Angus' Travel Notes and Pictures

A webpage of Angus' cycling trip in 2022 along the Western Front (1914-1918) and Angus and Alison's walking tour of the Tour de Mont Blanc, Via degli Dei, the Dobratsch Circuit in Carinthia, Austria, the Dolomites, Venice, and Iceland

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Photo Gallery September 17-19

September 17

Flat undulating terrain heading west to Reims
Bike paths and canals through Reims
Starting to see British Commonwealth graveyards
Interesting memorial made with replicated sculptured tree stumps
The caretakers of this cemetery have planted such beautiful gardens
Large German cemetery: tranquil and moving
An ancient street in the medeaval city of Peronne

September 18: Laon and Laffaux to Peronne

Dawn in Peronne
Ancient forest road
Wind turbines on the horizon
So nice to be out of the wind along this beautiful canal path

Into the Somme Valley September 19

Len describing the history/context of the Devonshire cemetery
Families could add phrases to their loved ones at the base of the markers
“Though poppies grow….”
In the middle of a farmers field
The Seaforths
Australian memorial at “The Windmill”
Canadian memorial at Courcelette
British memorial to 72,000 (“with no known grave”) at Thiepval in the Somme
Trenches at Beaumont-Hamel
Camping on the grounds of a chateau!