Canadians on the battlefields
Our only set item on the agenda was that they wanted to attend the Last Post ceremony at the Menin Gate in Ieper, so that meant getting there for at the very latest 1900.
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Zoo Time
Zoo Time in Lille
There were just enough families present to make the visit fun but not so many that the childer got underfoot.
14th July in Douai
Order of Merit
14th July 2013
My friend Jean-Marie Dez is an Adjudant-chef (Warrant Officer) in the reserve company of the 41e régiment de transmissions (41st Signals Regiment) at Douai.
Like many a garrison town...
Richard's Communion
No mini-monks this time
A glorious day. Very hot and sunny. It made me think of Victor’s communion only this time the weather was not a window in the miserableness that we had had in May 2010.
Freshly squeezed
An afternoon in rural sunshine
Isn’t it just miserable at the moment. Blowing a gale, thunderstorms and cold enough to get the long sleeved shirts back out again.