pferguson | September 23, 2017
On the Road to Home In the wee hours of the early morning Kurt arrives to take us from Ieper (Ypres) to Lille, France. It’s time to start the trek for home and along the trail there is one last passage of these sites of conflict that we have come to know with respect and […]
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Tags: General Plummer, Menin Gate, Remembrance
pferguson | September 21, 2017
Expressions On Their Faces The wheels begin to roll earlier today, across the cobbled back streets towards the Groote Markt and on through the Lille Gate. We are headed south of Ypres past Bedford House towards the St. Eloi Craters. The route today is almost a re-creation of our first visit to the Salient. At […]
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Tags: Bedford House, Chester Farm, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, CWGC Cemeteries, Iron harvest, Menin Gate, pipers, Remembrance, Spoilbank, St. Eloi Craters, The Last Post, The Last Post Association, Ypres, Ypres-Comines Canal
pferguson | September 19, 2017
For a Thousand Years Each new day here on the Salient brings something new to my being. Though we have seen many of these places before with each new step there is a new experience to feel, a new plain to watch across. Today we have traded four wheels for two, from fossil fuel to foot […]
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Tags: 15th Battalion CEF, 16th Battalion CEF (Canadian Scottish), 1st Canadian Division, Churchbells, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Family, For a Thousand Years, Hill 60, Hooge Crater Cemetery, Lady Haig Poppy Cross, Larch Wood (Railway Cutting) Cemetery, Maple Copse Cemetery, Mont Sorrel, Remembrance, Wreaths, Ypres Salient, Zillebeke Churchyard Cemetery
pferguson | September 18, 2017
It’s Better When it Rains We wander over to the car rental to acquire our rolling steed for the day and head out for Vimy (September 18, 2017). This is the first time I have ventured onto the frontier, driving and navigating myself and my friend towards various landscapes of conflict. Certainly there are challenges, such as the GPS path, wonderfully […]
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Tags: Adanac Military Cemetery, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders of Canada, Beaumont-Hamel, British Pathe, Canadian Merchant Navy, Chilliwack, Dick Smith, Mont-Saint-Eloi, Mud, Newfoundland Park, Parsons Family, Piper James Cleland Richardson VC, Rain, Thiepval Memorial, Vimy Ridge
pferguson | September 17, 2017
In Today’s News On site once again and looking forward to a day of travel. Yesterday was spent walking about Ypres and on to other smaller towns within the area. Evidence of the Great War can still be seen when one remains observant and cognizant of the history of this area. We visited two Commonwealth […]
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Tags: British Pathe, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres