Tom Tulloch-Marshall Posted 30 June , 2020 Share Posted 30 June , 2020 "Y" Ravine, this afternoon. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 30 June , 2020 Share Posted 30 June , 2020 Same gentleman in 2013... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 30 June , 2020 Author Share Posted 30 June , 2020 Scotland.....in the land of her ancient ally and comrade in arms......La a'Blair s'math n Cairdean A wonderful reminder Tom and Marilyne, thank you. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Tulloch-Marshall Posted 30 June , 2020 Share Posted 30 June , 2020 33 minutes ago, Fattyowls said: Scotland.....in the land of her ancient ally and comrade in arms......La a'Blair s'math n Cairdean A wonderful reminder Tom and Marilyne, thank you. Pete. I have one of the Ballantynes miniatures of the memorial in my office > https://www.balwalk.com/51st-highland-division-memorial-beaumont-hamel-somme-bronze.html Its an impressive bit of kit. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 30 June , 2020 Author Share Posted 30 June , 2020 41 minutes ago, Tom Tulloch-Marshall said: Its an impressive bit of kit. Hard to argue with that Tom, big or small. And to put the big one in a little bit of context this is one of the intrepid Mr Kerr's (@Steve7) aerials of the park, showing the ravine rather well. Steve, hope you don't mind me showcasing your head for heights again.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 1 July , 2020 Share Posted 1 July , 2020 wouaou !! Great pic!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilbo139 Posted 1 July , 2020 Share Posted 1 July , 2020 My effort.....don’t think I’d be safe with a drone!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sapper D. Posted 1 July , 2020 Share Posted 1 July , 2020 R.E. Grave, Railway Wood (2011) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 1 July , 2020 Author Share Posted 1 July , 2020 2 hours ago, gilbo139 said: don’t think I’d be safe with a drone You and me both matey; yours gives you that sense of the steepness which is still there. You can see it on some of the old aerials from the time when the sun is low. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 1 July , 2020 Author Share Posted 1 July , 2020 (edited) 6 hours ago, Marilyne said: wouaou !! Great pic!! If you've never seen Steve's photos it's worth checking out his website. His Youtube channel is a must too for the microlight footage and the drone stuff. If you search for his posts as Steve7 you also get a good selection. Pete. P.S. So that's how you spell wouaou... Edited 1 July , 2020 by Fattyowls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 1 July , 2020 Share Posted 1 July , 2020 It's great to have both perspectives imo. Excellent stuff, chaps.👏 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 1 July , 2020 Author Share Posted 1 July , 2020 The Newfoundland Park sequence reminded me of what happened 104 years ago today. The field just above Steve's aerial photo is over towards where the 2nd South Wales Borderers attacked Y Ravine; one Albert White from Kirkdale attacked with them and survived the day. He'd also survived Scimitar Hill at Sulva Bay the previous year, but wasn't so lucky the following May, near Monchy-le-Preux in an action for which he won a posthumous VC. This post from two years ago contains a reminder of what the ground looked like then, there is another thread somewhere about mortar pits in no man's land which is also fascinating, or would be if I could find it...... Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 1 July , 2020 Author Share Posted 1 July , 2020 .....putting quotes around "Y Ravine" reveals this, originally posted by Jay W..... Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 1 July , 2020 Share Posted 1 July , 2020 Fascinatinger and fascinatinger, Pete! 😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 1 July , 2020 Author Share Posted 1 July , 2020 16 minutes ago, neverforget said: Fascinatinger and fascinatinger, Pete! 😊 Isn't it, hmmm?*. It is apt on this date of course but I am fascinagt faccineted fascineded intrigued by how this thread returns to the Somme periodically from further afield. Pete. *other Ron Manager phrases are available..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilbo139 Posted 1 July , 2020 Share Posted 1 July , 2020 Its great looking at this thread, particularly as it’s difficult to get there at the moment....I’ll add a couple more of Newfoundland Park from Nov. 2016 ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 1 July , 2020 Author Share Posted 1 July , 2020 4 minutes ago, gilbo139 said: Its great looking at this thread, particularly as it’s difficult to get there at the moment There is some epic stuff which is certainly helping me. Looking at yours makes me think that the next time I'm there I'm going to walk around the perimeter and take photos without the trees. The park is lovely and poignant, but the trees seal it off from the rest of the landscape which makes it hard to understand what happened. Or it makes it hard for me to understand what happened at any rate. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilbo139 Posted 1 July , 2020 Share Posted 1 July , 2020 Visiting in November means an early visit to the Three Pigeons.......this was the best I could do on the way back to the hotel.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilbo139 Posted 1 July , 2020 Share Posted 1 July , 2020 After reading Lyn McDonalds’ Somme In the 80s I’ve been a regular visitor here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Knotty Posted 1 July , 2020 Share Posted 1 July , 2020 (edited) Nice nighttime shot of the Virgin, we need to remember that poise of the statue, it was down on its side once before! Dartmoor Cemetery I believe. On my wife’s side she has a Kings Own buried in Beuvry Communal Military Extension, killed 9/4/1918 at Givenchy in the same action as his commander 2nd Lt Joseph Collin won his posthumous VC. If you don’t mind me asking are you from that neck of the woods, and now an honorary Worcs. man🙂 Quick apology for taking thread off line😁 Edited 1 July , 2020 by Knotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Tulloch-Marshall Posted 1 July , 2020 Share Posted 1 July , 2020 Bull's Road today - an unusually cold and very very quiet 1st of July. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
depaor01 Posted 1 July , 2020 Share Posted 1 July , 2020 View of Albert Basilica from the approach... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Tulloch-Marshall Posted 1 July , 2020 Share Posted 1 July , 2020 This evening - You'd have thought they could have found a more scenic place to put their Divisional Memorial ☺ Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilbo139 Posted 1 July , 2020 Share Posted 1 July , 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, Knotty said: Nice nighttime shot of the Virgin, we need to remember that poise of the statue, it was down on its side once before! Dartmouth Cemetery I believe. On my wife’s side she has a Kings Own buried in Beuvry Communal Military Extension, killed 9/4/1918 at Givenchy in the same action as his commander 2nd Lt Joseph Collin won his posthumous VC. If you don’t mind me asking are you from that neck of the woods, and now an honorary Worcs. man🙂 Quick apology for taking thread off line😁 No Worcester born and bred......just can’t stop returning to Great Grandads grave at Grove Town and spending a few days walking and cycling the area ..previous grave photos were....Dartmoor Cemetery , Becordel Becourt! Edited 1 July , 2020 by gilbo139 Added info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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