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British Normandy Memorial
Visit the British Normandy Memorial, a remembrance site commemorating D-Day, which opened in 2021. Walking amongst the white stone columns of the British Normandy Memorial …
Sophie’s Great War Guided Tours
No matter how many years have passed since the two world wars took place – remembrance of those tragic times, of the people lost and …
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Experience Arras
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Experience in Arras is where a group of extraordinary men and women work to honour and maintain the cemeteries …
The Douglas Bader Trail, Saint Omer, Hauts de France
Saint Omer in Nord, Hauts de France is a quintessentially French market town. It has a long and illustrious history. Thomas a Becket AKA Saint …
The Blockhaus Eperlecques, Nord, Hauts de France
Several years ago, on my way south from Dunkirk in northern France, I stopped off at Eperlecques, a small town you access off the main …
Cambrai Tank 1917 Museum Cambrai France
From Lille to Cambrai is just a short trip. Go in time for lunch at Cambrai’s Brasserie Beatus in the Avenue de Paris and you’re …
Dunkirk the film and the town
It was one of the blockbuster films of 2017 – Dunkirk (Dunkerque in French), Christopher Nolan’s film about Operation Dynamo, the historic event which saw …
New Tank Museum to open in Cambrai northern France
Cambrai Tank 1917 Museum welcomes “Deborah”. In June 2017, the famous World War One tank known as ‘Deborah’ will begin her final journey to a …
Visiting the Battlefields of the Somme France
A flock of red-legged partridge has just crash-landed in a flurry of feathers into long grass at the edge of a field, and overhead the …
Aire-sur-la-Lys Relaxing French Holiday Destination
Glass of bubbly in hand, I find myself relaxing by the waterside, soaking up the sun next to the hubby, while our two children play …