Another early start to the day. After breakfast and checking out of the hotel I headed back to Gare du Nord to catch a train to Amiens for the start of my battlefields tour.
After getting my Eurail ticket validated I waited under the departure board to see what platform the train would depart from.
I hopped on board the train and made myself comfortable for the 2 hour train ride to Amiens. Here I was to be met by Colin Gillard from www.anzac-tours.com at what I thought would be around 12.30pm. Problem was that it was in fact going to be 1.30pm which as you can appreciate had me quite concerned by 1.15pm. Not having Colin’s details with me I was lucky that an SMS back home was able to have someone contact Colin and assure me that he was on his way. Phew!
I jumped aboard Colin’s tour bus with two other Aussies and we headed for the first stop on our tour.
The first stop was the town of Albert to look at the Cathedral and the famous Madonna on the spire.
We then headed to Theipval which is the site of the largest war memorial in the world. Since I was last here they have build a really nice visitors centre that has plenty of interesting information, including a good overview of the whole of World War I.
From Theipval we then headed to Poziers.
Australian 1st Division Memorial
What is left of the German blockhouse known as Gibraltar.
Australian 1st Division Memorial with Theipval in the distance.
Mouquet Farm memorial
Looking back from the Windmill site towards Poziers
Windmill memroial
British tank memorial
Windmill site
My hotel suite in Peronne.
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