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nightmare
a frightening or unpleasant dream.
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Somme Battlefields
A-Photo-a-Week-Challenge-Remembrance-Day
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In 2017 I visited the World War I…
…Western Front Battlefields in
France and Belgium.
My Paternal Grandfather served on
the Western Front during that conflict.
Lochnagar is a privately owned ‘attraction’
created after allied forces tunnelled
under Germany’s Army and detonated
25 tonnes of explosives.
The crater is approximately 300 feet
in diameter by 90 feet deep
and is the only surviving crater
of many other such craters,
which are now filled in.
Along the boardwalk around the crater
are these small plaques commemorating
a family member who had served on
the Western Front during
The Great War.
In 2017 each plaque cost
GBP25 or approximately $AUD45.
After several emails, the transfer of funds
and a few months waiting for
the ‘next batch‘ to be placed,
I now have a small memorial
to my Grandfather on the battlefields
upon which he served.
Lest We Forget.
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A Photo a Week Challenge:….In-Memoriam
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Word-of-Day-Challenge-Recovery
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recovery
a return to a normal state of health,
mind, or strength.
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After ‘hosting’ major infantry fighting
in two World Wars…
…the recovery process still continues in
France’s Western Front Battlefields.
Many towns have small ammunition dumps
similar to this one.
These dumps contain unexploded ammunition
and shrapnel which farmers recover
while working their fields.
Dumps are emptied every three to four weeks
according to our guide.
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A-Photo-a-Week-Challenge-Opening
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In war movies underground bunkers
are depicted with oodles
of room move around.
These images of the Gibraltar Bunker,
near Pozieres (Somme Battlefields)
in France…
…clearly show the opening are barely wide enough for one person to walk along
without hitting each wall.
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A Photo a Week Challenge: Opening
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Cee’s-FOTD-Challenge20-0425-ANZAC-DAY
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On
ANZAC DAY
It is appropriate to feature
Flanders Field poppies.
It wasn’t until my visit to the Western Front in 2017
that I realised how prolific these poppies are.
Like wildflowers turning fields of battle, red.
Found on
the Somme Battlefields
of France.
One-Word-Sunday-Volume
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Volume
Lochnagar Crater.
Created by 27,000 kilograms of detonated explosives
in the Somme Battlefields, France.
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One Word Sunday Challenge: Volume
Word-of-Day-Challenge-Tear
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tear
a hole or split in something caused by it
having been pulled apart forcefully.
This hole in the ground,
known as Lochnagar Crater,
was created after British soldiers
detonated 27,000 tons of explosives
under German lines during
World War I.
The force created a tear in the ground
measuring 220 feet (67 metres) diameter
and 450 feet (137 metres) across
Debris from the explosion rose
about 4,000 feet into the air.
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Word of the Day Challenge: Tear
FOWChallenge-Surreal
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surreal
a situation or experience that is surreal
is very strange and difficult to understand,
like something from a dream
I am choosing my visit to the
Western Front Battle Fields in 2017,
for this post.
Seeing all the cemeteries we visited
and the names of the missing in action was
a reality check, if not surreal.
I created this photo for a
‘ghost’ challenge some time ago.
Every time I look at my Western Front photos,
it brings back memories of those now
tranquil French and Belgium fields,
where death once ruled and they were
covered with bloody bodies.
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Fandango’s One Word Challenge: Surreal
SUNDAY-STILLS-PC-A-Dogs-Life
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A dog’s life.
Playing…
Eating…
…and eating again.
After expending all that energy,
it’s time for a sleep,
before starting all over again.
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SUNDAY STILLS PHOTO: A-Dogs-Life
Cee’s-FOTD-Challenge19-0425-ANZAC-DAY
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On
ANZAC DAY
I felt it appropriate to feature
Flanders Field poppies.
It wasn’t until my visit to the Western Front in 2017
that I realised how prolific these poppies are.
Like wildflowers turning fields of battle red.
Found on
the Somme Battlefields
of France.
