neverforget Posted 3 December , 2020 Share Posted 3 December , 2020 Well done John. One of the very few places I've actually been to as well. I think my brain cells haven't rejuvenated themselves since the Bourlon Wood epic. I usually need a good 24 hours to get them both working in some sort of unison again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 3 December , 2020 Author Share Posted 3 December , 2020 I've just been searching the IWM site for the original of this one, which shows the area as it was when it was infamous (IWM64647 I think). The search facility has made my eyeballs move independently of each other........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Regiano Posted 3 December , 2020 Share Posted 3 December , 2020 Continuing the photograph-cum-music theme, here's another for you. The obtuse musical clue: Leonard Cohen and Neil Diamond Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 3 December , 2020 Author Share Posted 3 December , 2020 While I ponder the links between Leonard Cohen and Neil Diamond (I fear I am going to struggle) this is the equivalent to the aerial above, courtesy of Google Earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frajohn Posted 3 December , 2020 Share Posted 3 December , 2020 (edited) Don Distinctive trees Kind regards John Edited 4 December , 2020 by Frajohn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Regiano Posted 4 December , 2020 Share Posted 4 December , 2020 2 minutes ago, Frajohn said: Don Distinctive trees Kind regards John Well done John. I will obviously have to try harder with such experts checking this thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 4 December , 2020 Author Share Posted 4 December , 2020 I suspected that the Somme possé would have this one sewn up. My first impressions were of one of the Redan Ridge cemeteries or New Munich Trench but what do I know? Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Regiano Posted 4 December , 2020 Share Posted 4 December , 2020 2 minutes ago, Fattyowls said: I suspected that the Somme possé would have this one sewn up. My first impressions were of one of the Redan Ridge cemeteries or New Munich Trench but what do I know? Pete. They would have been laudable attempts Pete. Much better than my not even recognising a railway bridge I had walked across and, indeed, nearly deposited my car exhaust upon! Reg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 4 December , 2020 Admin Share Posted 4 December , 2020 Where is this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 4 December , 2020 Author Share Posted 4 December , 2020 11 hours ago, Don Regiano said: They would have been laudable attempts Pete. Much better than my not even recognising a railway bridge I had walked across and, indeed, nearly deposited my car exhaust upon! Reg I'm heartened that you fought the temptation to do some fly tipping Reg, or was the exhaust still attached to the Regmobile? Where was this (so I can avoid in the unlikely event of me driving the Bluesmobile in the vicinity)?. 2 hours ago, Michelle Young said: Where is this? Knowing our mutual interest in the Lys valley and your recommendation for the boulangerie in Richebourg would this be an area infamous for the day before the most infamous day in British WW1 history? Or am I barking up one of the many wrong trees in the photograph? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 4 December , 2020 Admin Share Posted 4 December , 2020 In the area certainly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 4 December , 2020 Share Posted 4 December , 2020 @Fattyowls: could it be that I was there when you made that pic on hill60?? LOL @Michelle Young: could this be Fromelles?? I have a pic in mind from somewhere ... Sorry for the absence couple of last days... Land Ops was quite busy these last days... working a bit on my research paper this WE, so that I can pester some of you with lectures again and then next week we have a FULL FULL FULL week of Joint Ops... Nearly holiday!!! So as long as you're figuring out Michelle's first, here's another nice pic for you... Not really difficult as "where is this" ... but a nice memory of the only real march we could do this year... sort of... And the proof of a point Pete once made to me... Have a great evening, M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 4 December , 2020 Author Share Posted 4 December , 2020 32 minutes ago, Marilyne said: could it be that I was there when you made that pic on hill60 You and a small bear friend of mine were definitely in the vicinity when I took the one looking back from the bridge towards Ieper. 57 minutes ago, Michelle Young said: In the area certainly If it's not the Boar's Head is it the cinder track at Rue du Bois just to the north? Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 4 December , 2020 Admin Share Posted 4 December , 2020 Cinder Track it is Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 4 December , 2020 Author Share Posted 4 December , 2020 4 hours ago, Marilyne said: And the proof of a point Pete once made to me... At first I thought looking over the Lys valley to the slag heaps around Loos and Lens from a viewpoint east of Mesen, but give the elevation and the angle of what look like the Double Crassier heaps I'm wondering if this is from the Kemmelberg or maybe the Sherpenberg? Or somewhere else entirely. Nice photo either way. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 5 December , 2020 Admin Share Posted 5 December , 2020 Are you at Packhorse Farm Shrine cemetery? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battle of loos Posted 5 December , 2020 Share Posted 5 December , 2020 Good morning, here's the picture with some localities recognizable by their terril : Kind regards Michel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 5 December , 2020 Share Posted 5 December , 2020 Top of the Scherpenberg is right!!! M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 5 December , 2020 Author Share Posted 5 December , 2020 27 minutes ago, battle of loos said: here's the picture with some localities Excellent Michel, that helps a lot. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 5 December , 2020 Share Posted 5 December , 2020 Picture is not the best ... but to BE better I just finished my XMas wish list: Neutral Density filter is on it!! M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 5 December , 2020 Author Share Posted 5 December , 2020 45 minutes ago, Marilyne said: Picture is not the best Looks pretty good to me but everything as Einstein teaches us is relative, but maybe I'm easily impressed. This one isn't my finest photographic hour either (the wires are a contender for a Knotty award for intrusive cabling in a photographic setting), but what am I pointing the camera at and where am I standing? Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 5 December , 2020 Admin Share Posted 5 December , 2020 You are I think looking at Kemmelberg. We stayed in a B&B a couple of times which had a fantastic view of Kemmelberg from the facilities. A poo with a view as it were! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 5 December , 2020 Author Share Posted 5 December , 2020 Michelle, you are almost right. As for your smallest room with a view am I correct in saying that the window is on the ground floor? And is that a public thoroughfare outside? I hope there was a blind. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 5 December , 2020 Admin Share Posted 5 December , 2020 Yes, on the ground floor, a footpath/cycle track outside and no blind! Still a darn good B&B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 5 December , 2020 Author Share Posted 5 December , 2020 3 hours ago, Michelle Young said: Yes, on the ground floor, a footpath/cycle track outside and no blind Quirky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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