WWI trail into Flanders

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We’re in Belgium now. We arrived in Ieper (Ypres), in the rain, last Friday and were thrilled to find our hotel room had the most incredible view (see pic 1) to the Cloth Hall which was recreated after being destroyed in the war, and was also very close to Menin Gate. The hotel also had a great restaurant and we made the most of it that night... resulting in minor hangovers on Saturday. We set off in the car and visited a number of locations where A’s grandfather had been - Passchendale, Broodseinde Ridge and Dikkebuse. We also visited Hill 60. That evening we again went to Menin Gate for the daily and very moving performance of the Last Post (see pic 2).

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