Lenny's off on another short trip south. (1 Viewer)

[Norman Jones]

Met a lovely couple of Funsters on the Aire last night. Norman & Deborah @Norman Jones (I think it was Debs the coloured liquid blurs my memory). Anyway lovely couple got to be they are Hymer owners. Anyone who plys me with red & pink liquid has got to be a top notch Funsters.

 

[Norman Jones]

Met a lovely couple of Funsters on the Aire last night. Norman & Deborah @Norman Jones (I think it was Debs the coloured liquid blurs my memory). Anyway lovely couple got to be they are Hymer owners. Anyone who plys me with red & pink liquid has got to be a top notch Funsters.

It's Brenda...you were pissed!. Good to meet you Lenny and what a super spot to park up. Norm.

 

[Lenny HB]

It's Brenda...you were pissed!. Good to meet you Lenny and what a super spot to park up. Norm.

There only one person I can blame for that.

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[Lenny HB]

OK guys and girls was my meal that bad, only Robert & Jon have bothered to guess a price.

 

[Lenny HB]

Saturday headed off down towards Verdun, Mijhan wanted to detour to a wildlife park, she has now lost all her brownie points. -
She takes me over 10km down this nice wide road, I'm exaggerating a bit the road was about 3 ft wider than our bus luckily only met one car coming the other way and just happened to be at the only passing point. If that's not enough we get there and find it no longer exists so carry on another 10km on this loverly wide road arrrg!

Anyway got to Verdun and parked up in one of the Citadel car parks under the walls. Went and did the Citadel underground tour, expensive and naff I wouldn't recommend it.

 

[Robert Clark]

OK guys and girls was my meal that bad, only robert & Jon have bothered to guess a price.

Did I win ?

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[Teuchter]

OK guys and girls was my meal that bad, only robert & Jon have bothered to guess a price.

35 Euros?

 

[Lenny HB]

This morning up nice and early 9:00 and managed tto get out by 11:00, good for us, "Don't do Mornings".

Went up to the Douaumont Ossuary, the scale of what happened at Verdun is almost beond belief, really brings it home when you see the piles of human bones in the Ossuary. Then we had a look around where the village of Douaumont stood the silence is quite eerie, and also had a look at where Fleury stood and also the Trench of Bayonets.

Muslim graves all facing Mecca.

Trench of Bayonets.

Memoral chapel at Fleury.

Where one of Fleury's roads stood.

Back to the Citadel car park for the night.

 

[Hellski]

Great pictures and thank you for sharing

Never very good at this game, €32

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[Teuchter]

This morning up nice and early 9:00 and managed tto get out by 11:00, good for us, "Don't do Mornings".

Went up to the Douaumont Ossuary, the scale of what happened at Verdun is almost beond belief, really brings it home when you see the piles of human bones in the Ossuary. Then we had a look around where the village of Douaumont stood the silence is quite eerie, and also had a look at where Fleury stood and also the Trench of Bayonets.

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Muslim graves all facing Mecca.
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Trench of Bayonets.
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Memoral chapel at Fleury.
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Where one of Fleury's roads stood.View attachment 183501

Back to the Citadel car park for the night.
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Great fotos Lenny - thanks for sharing - keep em coming!!

 

[peterc10]

A late entry. €53

 

[Lenny HB]

Phew! That was a close shave, nearly bumped into @ShiftZZ in Verdon this morning.

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[Robert Clark]

Did I win Guess The Bill yet?

 

[Lenny HB]

And the winner is................................................................................








@Teuchter

Sorry no more posts tonight, connection too slow.

 

[StitchesnFluff]

Great pics Lenny.
I'm bookmarking them as places to visit.

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[JonP]

Mine was per head, either way pretty close to Robert's.

 

[JonP]

Goods pics will look forward to the ones of the forts

 

[Robert Clark]

Mine was per head, either way pretty close to Robert's.

Losers always say that

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[Lenny HB]

Monday off up to Fort Vaux then onto Fort Douaumont. Doesn't matter where you go in this area the whole countryside is covered in shell craters the devistation caused is quite unbeleivable.

Shell craters on top of Fort Vaux & inside the fort.

 

[Lenny HB]

Went for a walk in the woods near Fort Douaumont, the depth of the craters don't really show up in a 2D photo. We walked for about a mile along one of the trenches.

 

[Lenny HB]

Fort Douaumont.

I thought I'd walked into a CC site bog, then I thought nar it's far too good for that.

THis gun was operated manually it took 18 men, after firing the gun could be withdrawn into the domed turret and the turret retracted in 15 sec, following pic show the mechanism.

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[Lenny HB]

Fort Douaumont cont.

Behind the wall at the back of this German shrine there are hundreds of Germans buried.

 

[Lenny HB]

Found a great stop for the night, high up in the forest near Fort de Liouville all on our own, the drive up there was a bone shaking ride of a couple of miles up forest tracks.

 

[Lenny HB]

Today somehow ended up on a Joan of Arc trail.

Stopped for lunch at Vaucouleurs it's where she left on her first campaigne throught the town's French gate.

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[Lenny HB]

Then on to Domrémy-la-Pucelle Joan of Arc's birthplace.

Awesome statue of Joan.

House she was born in - boring.

 

[Lenny HB]

Found a nice stopover for the night right on the banks of the Meuse at Bazoilles-sur-Meuse

 

[JonP]

House she was born in - boring.
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Interesting window frames for fifteenth century, maybe that's where the idea of lean to came from

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[Lenny HB]

Not normally a fan of TV chefs, the other night cringed our way through Jamie Oliver's new program. The boss decided she wanted to try his Sticky Lamb Chops.

Supposed to take 15min to prepare and cook, just over an hour later they were on the plate, they were very nice. We substituted mint for thyme as we could find any fresh thyme. ( truth was couldn't remember what herb he used).

My wallet was not so impressed its still recovering from the price of French trimmed lamb chops in France.

 

[Just smiffy]

Not normally a fan of TV chiefs, the other night cringed our way through Jamie Oliver's new program. The boss decided she wanted to try his Sticky Lamb Chops.

Supposed to take 15min to prepare and cook, just over an hour later they were on the plate, they were very nice. We substituted mint for thyme as we could find any fresh thyme.

My wallet was not so impressed its still recovering from the price of French trimmed lamb chops in France.

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Too many Indians I reckon......

 

[Lenny HB]

Since leaving Belgium we have been following the Meuse upstream, apparently one of France's largest rivers, we had never heard of it before.
Anyway we made it to the source today.

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