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Mons and Le Cateau

Antony Bird, foremost authority on Le Cateau, led a fascinating tour in April to Mons […]

D-Day

In March we ran a 3-night tour from ST MERE EGLISE on the west of […]

Going to the past…

We have been going to (mostly) French and Belgian battlefields for over 30 years, and […]

A Good Guide

I first heard the Last Post sounded at the Menin Gate at Ypres forty-five years […]

Guided tours

Only Tyne Cot Cemetery attracted coaches in the 70s. Lijssenthoek Cemetery, outside ‘Pop’, with its […]

With Hollywood in mind

Different nationalities tend to go to sites associated with their country (and their relatives), but […]

A Soldier of the Great War:

The inscription carved on countless headstones leaves a haunting impression of sacrifice and destruction. The […]

Before the Harvest

Antony Bird’s novel describes in great detail the events of 24th to 27th August 1914, […]