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Bapaume, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Saturday, April 21, 2012

Out and about today. The weather was still iffy so we did short jaunts around the countryside and through dozens of interesting little villages. There are literally hundreds of memorials and thousands of cemeteries around the Somme.

During the evening the sun decided to make an appearance so I went for a walk around Combles. I'll let the pictures tell the story today.

Peaceful Somme
Peaceful Somme
Highlanders Memorial
Highlanders Memorial
The Welsh do it so much better
The Welsh do it so much better
Longueval Children's Memorial
Longueval Memorial
There's lots of these - one in each village
Guillemont Children's Memorial
Guillemont Memorial
Statue
Statue
Bapaume Town Hall
Bapaume Town Hall
Memorial to those killed by a German boobytrap
Memorial to those killed by a German boobytrap
Memorial to the French killed by German boobytrap
Memorial to the French killed by German boobytrap
Hercules Clarke
Hercules Clarke
One of my relatives
Typical French woods
Typical French woods
Tulips are out
Tulips are out
Market gardens
Market gardens
One mighty big cicada
One mighty big cicada
The church at sunset
The church at sunset
Converted barn
Converted barn
Nicely restored old house
Nicely restored old house
Needs restoration
Needs restoration
Shored up by Besser Bricks
Combles' ugliest house
Combles' ugliest house
Comments:
Harsh, but true! This is hardly in keeping with the local architecture and will, no doubt, impact on the area for the future planning of the village... From Orchard Farm, on Apr 29, 2012 at 06:15AM
Old police station in Combles
Old police station in Combles
Guard
Guard
Seriously restricted vision
Seriously restricted vision
It was a wedding not a funeral
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