Marilyne Posted 16 February , 2014 Posted 16 February , 2014 Hi all, I had the opportunity to join a very good friend and his schoolkids yesterday and went to Tyne Cot and Langemarck with them. It was quite harsch weather... very hard Wind and then all of the sudden, in the middle of the cemetery..."The Rains Came" ... but it made for some great pictures that I'd like to share with you. Some more can be found on the FB page of Studio Gadget (that's me...) : https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.811453948871386.1073741838.761917697158345&type=1&l=b17d33032a I found the light on the Cross and the city of Ypres in the background here not bad...
Marilyne Posted 16 February , 2014 Author Posted 16 February , 2014 Arrived at Langemarck with the bus... one of the girls ask "so, are we in Germany now?" ... What do kids learn in geography nowadays??? great sunset though...
keithjk Posted 16 February , 2014 Posted 16 February , 2014 Great photographs Marilyne, thank you for sharing them Keith
Fattyowls Posted 16 February , 2014 Posted 16 February , 2014 Arrived at Langemarck with the bus... one of the girls ask "so, are we in Germany now?" ... What do kids learn in geography nowadays??? Maybe the girl wasn't so far wrong; just as Rupert Brook wrote "There is some corner of a foreign field that is forever England" in some ways Langemark is part of Germany. I sometimes think that children see or maybe feel things that we adults have forgotten. Fabulous photographs as ever. Hope your exams went well. Pete.
David Ridgus Posted 16 February , 2014 Posted 16 February , 2014 When I went to Langemark with a school party I thought it was the saddest place I had ever been. It was a beautiful July day but the lowering trees and those haunting statues cast a pall over the whole area. I was glad to get out and vowed not to return. However your beautiful pictures make me want to go again. Thank you for posting, Marilyne (good luck with the exams) David
DaveBrigg Posted 16 February , 2014 Posted 16 February , 2014 Langemark gave one of our students nightmares the following night. We were told that the trees and use of stone was deliberate, to create a sense of a German forest. Great photo's though. The weather helps, but the skill is in the eye of the photographer.
Marilyne Posted 16 February , 2014 Author Posted 16 February , 2014 Thanks, everybody ... 85 days to go till the end of the course... can't be fast enough !! MM.
Fattyowls Posted 16 February , 2014 Posted 16 February , 2014 Thanks, everybody ... 85 days to go till the end of the course... can't be fast enough !! MM. 85 days!?! I hope they make you commander of NATO Western Europe or even Secretary General after that. I'll send you a personal message but don't worry about replying if you are very busy. Pete.
stiletto_33853 Posted 16 February , 2014 Posted 16 February , 2014 Lovely photographs Marilyne, thank you for posting them. Andy
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