Tom Tulloch-Marshall Posted 14 February , 2013 Share Posted 14 February , 2013 A bit more snow on the Somme during the last week - nowhere near as much as before, but when you are only there on & off ... Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavells B&B Ypres Posted 14 February , 2013 Share Posted 14 February , 2013 No snow here in Ypres just very cold . Would appreciate it if you dont send it our way!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mdarbycharles Posted 14 February , 2013 Share Posted 14 February , 2013 I was in lens on Sunday , and we had quite a lot of snow but it was so cold! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 14 February , 2013 Admin Share Posted 14 February , 2013 Looks very cold at Caterpillar Valley. Michelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cullbaggie Posted 14 February , 2013 Share Posted 14 February , 2013 the bottom photo of a cemetery - which one is it of please, i have an earlier posted photo from 2010 as my computer desktop screen & all my work mates ask where its to! i know its on the somme but not sure where Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiegeGunner Posted 14 February , 2013 Share Posted 14 February , 2013 As Michelle says, it's Caterpillar Valley, just outside Longueval .... photographed from an interesting angle. I haven't been there in the depths of winter, but I once walked around it in the dark, on my own, in October, nervously smoking several cigarettes as I went. Actually, it was extremely peaceful and not remotely spooky .... unlike Mametz Wood in only half-darkness ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellflower Posted 14 February , 2013 Share Posted 14 February , 2013 Top photo is Connaught cemetery ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Tulloch-Marshall Posted 14 February , 2013 Author Share Posted 14 February , 2013 Top photo is Connaught cemetery ? Yes, and Ulster Tower (obviously !) Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellflower Posted 14 February , 2013 Share Posted 14 February , 2013 Recognised the red gravel. That's where I park when I go wandering over the Schwaben Redoubt. Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Tulloch-Marshall Posted 15 February , 2013 Author Share Posted 15 February , 2013 Not all the snow was welcome – this was near Devonshire cemetery, when, reversing down the track, the car decided on a 45º backwards meander into the off-road snow. A spade has been on the “what to take to France” list for a couple of decades now and has paid for itself many times over Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cullbaggie Posted 15 February , 2013 Share Posted 15 February , 2013 Top photo is Connaught cemetery ? i had worked that one out due to the Ulster tower, the 2nd one threw me due to angle - but was the same angle from a 2010 photo used from the web - but untagged, thanks for the help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deckape Posted 5 March , 2013 Share Posted 5 March , 2013 Still pretty cold on the Somme, this is by Marlborough Wood last w/end ! I must add that this was the worst we saw, it was mainly on the verges here and there. Fields OK to hike but Redan Ridge was especially cold, wrap up warm !! [/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old-ted Posted 6 March , 2013 Share Posted 6 March , 2013 Christmas Day 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Tulloch-Marshall Posted 6 March , 2013 Author Share Posted 6 March , 2013 Christmas Day 2010 John – Guards Cemetery at Lesboeufs. (It was before & after photos from there which disproved the claim that inscriptions were not being changed on some replacement headstones). Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiegeGunner Posted 6 March , 2013 Share Posted 6 March , 2013 Looks like Caterpillar Valley to me, Tom ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Tulloch-Marshall Posted 6 March , 2013 Author Share Posted 6 March , 2013 Looks like Caterpillar Valley to me, Tom ... Blimey Gunner – you’re right. Should have gone to Specsavers Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old-ted Posted 6 March , 2013 Share Posted 6 March , 2013 It is Caterpillar Valley. 2010 we had lots of snow and all of the villages were blocked in. The farmers were working overtime to clear the roads. Drifts were up to 8' as the snow was blowing off the fields. We and the Piuk's went to see to the Tower Cat's on boxing day. Three and a half hours return journey & we had to walk the last half mile. Cat's were fine! Tom, your before and after photos were very importand. Good job done. All the best. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanA Posted 6 March , 2013 Share Posted 6 March , 2013 Snow is dangerous ground right now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawley Jockey Posted 6 March , 2013 Share Posted 6 March , 2013 A few years ago on the Somme I got caught in a blizzard whilst on the Redan Ridge, had approx 150mm before I got back to my B&B, the next day went down to Carnoy and not a single flake of the white stuff to be seen!. Guess which area I spent walking round the next couple of days. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Lees Posted 6 March , 2013 Share Posted 6 March , 2013 A few years ago on the Somme I got caught in a blizzard whilst on the Redan Ridge, had approx 150mm before I got back to my B&B, the next day went down to Carnoy and not a single flake of the white stuff to be seen!. Guess which area I spent walking round the next couple of days. Dave Ypres? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawley Jockey Posted 6 March , 2013 Share Posted 6 March , 2013 Ypres? Come on Ken you could have done better than that it was ......................Loos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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