Friday, 13 January 2017

Great War Trenches - Belgium 2016

I was doing a bit of tidying up on the blog recently and realised that I hadn't posted these photos from my trip to Belgium last February.  Taken at the Passchendaele Memorial Museum at Zonnebeke, they show some of the replica trenches and dugouts which have been built there.  It's a splendid museum - as well as the trenches and lots of hardware there is a replica of a deep dugout (not for the claustrophobic!).







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15 comments:

  1. Robert (Bob) Cordery13 January 2017 at 12:57

    A very impressive looking museum. I'll certainly pay it a visit if I'm ever in that area.

    All the best,

    Bob

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  2. Conrad Kinch13 January 2017 at 13:25

    That'll give you something to do in the garden alright.

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  3. Don M13 January 2017 at 13:58

    My two dachshunds have a pretty good start on one in my back yard...)
    In all seriousness it is a very impressive looking museum.

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  4. Steve813 January 2017 at 15:55

    I keep threatening to have my kids dig a trench across the football field for our international conflicts unit. I think the phalanx of angry 'jocks' (here meaning sporty types not the derogatory sense Tim) will simulate the enemy perfectly. We went to Vimy Ridge once and they poured cement over the works creating a ghost of the duckboards and sandbags. I did like the bomb disposal sheep there too!

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  5. Phil13 January 2017 at 17:09

    Nice pictures, thanks for sharing...

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  6. Tim Gow13 January 2017 at 17:35

    Bob Cordery
    That part of the world is definitely worth a trip.

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  7. Tim Gow13 January 2017 at 17:37

    Conrad Kinch
    Alas my estate lacks the room for even a 1/32 scale trench network.

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  8. Tim Gow13 January 2017 at 17:37

    Don M
    And this being Belgium, dogs may well have been employed in the work...

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  9. Tim Gow13 January 2017 at 17:39

    Stephen Briddon
    From what I've seen of American football (my stepson played for a while), a trench system might brighten up the game a bit!

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  10. Tim Gow13 January 2017 at 17:39

    Phil
    Sorry they're 11 months late!

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  11. Pete.14 January 2017 at 18:25

    Nice pics Tim.

    Cheers,

    Pete.

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  12. Milgeek18 January 2017 at 08:38

    I remember our family holidays in Belgium when I was younger, visiting the trench museums and Ypres were 'regular' trips. It always amazes me the amount of 'scrap iron' laying at the side of fields that Belgian farmers still plough up. Ploughing up unexploded WW1 shells was a routine thing I was told.

    Must have another visit to Belgium! :)

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  13. Tim Gow18 January 2017 at 10:20

    Pete
    Thanks - shall I go back for more?

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  14. Tim Gow18 January 2017 at 10:21

    Stephen Beat
    I expect they're still ploughing up scrap.

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  15. maximex19 January 2017 at 10:53

    The stunning and impressive photo series
    Thanks for sharing
    Now no mud, no water, trenches bottoms.

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