I am up for this
Trip Invite Battlefield trip - Proposed dates 16-17-18-19 April 2027 - Beaumont Hamel, Thiepval, Ypres, Paschendale, Ulster Tower. Tyne Cot….
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Please put me in the potential list for this please.
House move, job future could scupper all plans….
House move, job future could scupper all plans….
I'm up for this BUT....if I go I'm not helping you get Das Panzer off the sidestand. Deal ? 
You’re relegated to behind the battlements Kevin
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It’s absolutely fantastic and I’d go as far as saying it is the nicest boulangerie I have ever been to in terms of the quality of food.
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boulangerie-mi.eatbu.com
It’s absolutely fantastic and I’d go as far as saying it is the nicest boulangerie I have ever been to in terms of the quality of food.
Unreservedly recommended by me and also Mrs Sneldog.
A great documentary about WW1 battlefields with some little known stories. Presented by Nigel Farage who turns out to be a military history buff. A very good watch.
Posh Pete
Still got a pulse.
I watched this right up to the point where he started to talk about British executions during the war. Back in the day, I'd often meet a guy at various locations over there. He'd hand out leaflets about the executions and ask for folk to sign a petition calling on parliament to pardon those executed. There was and still is a genuine debate to be had about that and I always referred to both sides of that debate during my tours. (Some of those executed were definitely VERY dodgy characters and had committed very serious crimes.) After much heated discussion in the media and in Parliament, that blanket pardon was ultimately granted.
The bold Nigel writes all that off with a sweeping statement: "We're very good as Brits at saying 'Aren't we awful!" and then indulged in classic whataboutery re the French shooting many more of their men. That's as bad as Blackadder Goes Forth IMHO. Then again, Blackadder was always supposed to be comedy, not serious history. (In some ways, it was VERY good at both, by the way!) I'm sure the actions Farage describes will be of interest and the film will be "worth a watch" but I'd treat his comments with large helping of salt!
There are plenty of documentaries about WW1. You could start with the ground breaking series made by the BBC in the 60s. Showing it's age now but it has the huge advantage of featuring men and some women who had actually served and fought in the war.
If you, or others going on this trip, want to do some reading then there's a huge choice. I'd suggest ...
The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman (It has its critics but is still a very good account of the first month of the war.)
The Great War by John Terraine. (One of the first to challenge the "Haig the incompetent Butcher" narrative.)
The First Day of the Somme by Martin Middlebrook. (A must read, if you're going there on this trip or at any time.)
Forgotten Victory by Gary Sheffield. ( He follows John Terraine in challenging the hostile view of Haig and his conduct of the war on the western front.)
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This sounds good , I’d be up for it if any space left ?
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