Ian L Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 Hi Guys I've talked my other half into a 8 day touring holiday in the motorcaravan to the 'low countries' we are setting off Friday evening (tomorrow) via Dover / Calais. I want to find WW1 battlefields and places of interest enroute but having never visited I have no idea where to start ? We will be heading east into Belgium & may do Holland ? thanks Ian & Jane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guy66 Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 Hello Ian, if you start at Nieuwpoort where the Yser flows in to the sea and follow this river almost to Ieper then you are really following the front line in Belgium. Just pop in at my home if you are in the region of Ieper, I live at Menin (yes the city where the Menin gate comes from) . You can always send my a pm. Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian L Posted June 13, 2013 Author Share Posted June 13, 2013 Hello Ian, if you start at Nieuwpoort where the Yser flows in to the sea and follow this river almost to Ieper then you are really following the front line in Belgium. Just pop in at my home if you are in the region of Ieper, I live at Menin (yes the city where the Menin gate comes from) .You can always send my a pm. Guy Hi Guy can you email me your address mate & we'll see you next week, any more info please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 Middleburg and the Walchren peninsula is well worth a visit. There is also the weird street nearby where the buildings are all built off kilt. Our Dutch friends will no doubt give you the place. Not military, but something you realy should see. Fortress Eben Emael if it is open. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGKR4VP4pmM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoseman Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 Get to Bastogne too, not ww1 but still a beautiful place and a fantastic museum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 Get to Bastogne too, not ww1 but still a beautiful place and a fantastic museum Go to the area around Hill 62. You get both wars! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 Arnhem offcourse, Overloon Museum. Maybe s-hertogenbosch (Den Bosch), I live close. The town was liberated by the 53rd Welsh Div. PM me if your in the Den Bosch area, maybe we can meet for a cold Cola. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 Overloon? (Don't mention HMVF!) That is a must! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 Overloon? (Don't mention HMVF!) That is a must! Nearly forgot. June 22 and 23 there's going to be a re-enactment event in the museum. I'll be there too at a trade stall. http://www.santafe-online.nl/event/index%20Engels.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scammell4199 Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 Marshall museum at Overloon absolute must Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian L Posted June 14, 2013 Author Share Posted June 14, 2013 Go to the area around Hill 62. You get both wars! This is great guys keep them coming, how do I find Hill 62 Tony ? I might even find one day for Jane to go shopping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 (edited) Here you go. You can always leave Jane in Ipers for the day. One of the things about Belgium chuck a stone in any direction, where it lands you'll find something. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mont_Sorrel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hill_60_(Western_Front) Tell her she can have two days. The musuem at Zoonebeke is another must place to visit. http://www.warmuseums.nl/ Edited June 14, 2013 by Tony B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guy66 Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 Now problem Ian I know al these places, you really need a few day's if you want to see a small part of the ww1 battle fields round Ieper. Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
25 pounder Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 A "must see" , while you're in the coastal area is the best preserved -and restored- part of the Atlantikwall , at Raversijde , near Oostende (Ostend) airport , an experience not to be missed !!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 Now problem Ian I know al these places, you really need a few day's if you want to see a small part of the ww1 battle fields round Ieper. Guy Though on the plus side! There's plenty there to keep 'Her' amused whilst you are doing important things! Choclate , wine , plenty of shops....:-D http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Flanders_Fields The CCS and cemetry where Mc Crea wrote the poem is just to the southEast of Ipere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoseman Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 Get to Nijmegan (spell check please on isle 21!!) drive thru Belgium into Netherlands. When I was 13 I visited an Uncle in the forces in Brunssum, travelled the whole area. Followed the Landing Zones and Drop Zones from maps, located fields and structures, found part of the maginot line buried and still with Barbed wire on etc. Spent every school holiday over there with him, stayed on base in his quaters (Officer, RAF) dhopped in the NAAFI, met other NATO guys from different nationalities etc. Great learning curve for a teenager. Would recommend it to anyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian L Posted June 18, 2013 Author Share Posted June 18, 2013 Thanks for all your suggestions lads, met up with 'Guy' guy66 on Monday and spent the morning looking at his 'museum' and then he gave us a tour round the area including Hill 60. Tyne Cott cemetary and loads of other sites than we would not of found. Off to Hill 62 & Paschendale museum this afternoon, anymore ideas in the Ypres area ? Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 Zonnebec! Just up the road, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian L Posted June 19, 2013 Author Share Posted June 19, 2013 Zonnebec! Just up the road, Done :saluting: and cycled to the Hooge Crater Museum (in the rain) which is the best museum so far. Now its payback time, an afternoon of retail therapy in Ypres for Jane :embarrassed: god these woman want so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 Done :saluting: and cycled to the Hooge Crater Museum (in the rain) which is the best museum so far. Now its payback time, an afternoon of retail therapy in Ypres for Jane :embarrassed: god these woman want so much. Poor you, so she'll get you to come along to buy shoes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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