Fattyowls Posted 30 September , 2021 Author Share Posted 30 September , 2021 3 hours ago, Knotty said: No cable then Pete 😁 It's just out of shot. I'll post a photo with added cabling if anyone gets where it is. It's not likely to win the Knott award just in case you were wondering...... Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 30 September , 2021 Share Posted 30 September , 2021 7 hours ago, Old Forge said: Yay! Looking forward to seeing pics @Marilyne, impressed by your half-marathoning! Nothing to be impressed about: 2hr & 40sec thanks to a moron who pushed me out of the way on the part where the only way to run was single file... as to the question who on earth would think of putting a single-file sand track and a rickety bridge on a half- and marathon track with 2.000 runners ... that's not what we're here for !! Here's the two pics... I've got a nice panorama from the Ganzepoot on the cellphone (even my wide angle was useless there) ... give me a minute... 5 hours ago, Fattyowls said: I if anyone finds out my status as the worst battlefield photographer in the visible universe would be under threat..... Don't worry, your secret is safe with us! M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 3 October , 2021 Author Share Posted 3 October , 2021 On 30/09/2021 at 14:18, Fattyowls said: Not entirely sure that the horizon slopes like this in real life but a river runs through it......... Just to add a teensy weensy cluette or two; a competent photographer would have brought out how flat the area is, and the little bit of kerb at the bottom of the photograph hints at something behind me and there is an eliptical Brazillian connection......... Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 6 October , 2021 Admin Share Posted 6 October , 2021 Somewhere in the Lys sector? By the Portuguese cemetery? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 6 October , 2021 Admin Share Posted 6 October , 2021 I’m sure @Marilynewill approve. Where is Tessie the bear sitting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 6 October , 2021 Share Posted 6 October , 2021 Tessie looks great... but I have no idea where it is... Greetings to all from Slovenia. M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 6 October , 2021 Author Share Posted 6 October , 2021 4 hours ago, Michelle Young said: Somewhere in the Lys sector? By the Portuguese cemetery? I was going to post a clue to say that as soon as you got back from your latest trip you'd get it straight away. I think it is a mark of how bad a photographer I am that this hasn't happened. It is the Lys valley, the river that runs through the photograph is a tributary and what is behind me is much better maintained than the Portuguese cemetery to the south. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 6 October , 2021 Share Posted 6 October , 2021 Hi Pete Are you standing in front of the Neuve-Chapelle Indian Memorial ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 6 October , 2021 Admin Share Posted 6 October , 2021 At the Fromelles Digger? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 6 October , 2021 Author Share Posted 6 October , 2021 Not the lovely Indian Memorial, Michelle is close enough to win the Crackerjack pencil. This is what is behind me. and the second photo is its proximity to the Cobbers, with the overhead power lines for Mr Knott. The river is the Layes brook which crosses the original photograph and the Brazillian connection is the Sugarloaf strongpoint which was just beyond the field. and yes I know it doesn't slope like that..... Fromelles Church just behind some trees to the left of the flags, Aubers church on the horizon just to the right of the first overhead cable pole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frajohn Posted 6 October , 2021 Share Posted 6 October , 2021 8 hours ago, Michelle Young said: I’m sure @Marilynewill approve. Where is Tessie the bear sitting? LAPUGNOY MILITARY CEMETERY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 7 October , 2021 Admin Share Posted 7 October , 2021 The lovely Lapugnoy it is. It was here and at nearby Chocques that I realised that the war stone isn’t flat. There’s a very gentle curve on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dickaren Posted 9 October , 2021 Share Posted 9 October , 2021 One for Fatty Owls and Knotty, a nice bit of cabling from June 1994. Anyone name the cemetery? Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 9 October , 2021 Author Share Posted 9 October , 2021 1 minute ago, dickaren said: a nice bit of cabling I always defer to Mr K where overhead wiring is concerned. So a small cemetery on a slope, most if not all of the graves identified with a solitary Frenchman visible. I thought for a second the thinner of the cables might be a railway installation but it appears to run through the trees. So not a clue basically. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 9 October , 2021 Share Posted 9 October , 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Fattyowls said: I always defer to Mr K where overhead wiring is concerned. In that case I’m pretty sure I know this one, it’s Longpres-Les-Corp Saints British Cemetery (complete with the overhead cabling), on the D70 about ½ hours drive from Amiens. Formed after war by amalgamating Longpres British Cemeteries 1 & 2, which were adjacent to the 12th & 55th CCS, during the April ‘18 German offensive. Camped up the road at Longuet,a few years after the photo was taken. Edited 9 October , 2021 by Knotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dickaren Posted 9 October , 2021 Share Posted 9 October , 2021 13 minutes ago, Knotty said: In that case I’m pretty sure I know this one, it’s Longpres-Les-Corp Saints British Cemetery (complete with the overhead cabling), on the D70 about ½ hours drive from Amiens. Formed after war by amalgamating Longpres British Cemeteries 1 & 2, which were adjacent to the 12th & 55th CCS, during the April ‘18 German offensive. Camped up the road at Longuet,a few years after the photo was taken. Well spotted Knotty. Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 9 October , 2021 Share Posted 9 October , 2021 Hi Richard It’s one of the cemeteries that is very rarely visited. Back in late ‘90 & early ‘00 I tried to see a few of those not often frequented by visitors to the Western Front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dickaren Posted 9 October , 2021 Share Posted 9 October , 2021 15 minutes ago, Knotty said: Hi Richard It’s one of the cemeteries that is very rarely visited. Back in late ‘90 & early ‘00 I tried to see a few of those not often frequented by visitors to the Western Front. The pic was one I took on a two week tour in June 1994 when I managed to visit 175 cemeteries that I had not been to before, Many like this one as you say rarely visited. Sadly it is the only one I could find with a cable in it!! Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 9 October , 2021 Share Posted 9 October , 2021 3 minutes ago, dickaren said: Sadly it is the only one I could find with a cable in it!! Now don’t wind me up😁I am suffering from man flu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 9 October , 2021 Admin Share Posted 9 October , 2021 Here’s a cable, but where Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted 9 October , 2021 Share Posted 9 October , 2021 43 minutes ago, dickaren said: The pic was one I took on a two week tour in June 1994 when I managed to visit 175 cemeteries that I had not been to before, Many like this one as you say rarely visited. Sadly it is the only one I could find with a cable in it!! Richard Longpres is a bit out of the way "on top t hill", Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dickaren Posted 9 October , 2021 Share Posted 9 October , 2021 2 hours ago, chaz said: Longpres is a bit out of the way "on top t hill", Out of interest, here is one of the cemetery from1920, not by me I hasten to add and without cable. Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dickaren Posted 9 October , 2021 Share Posted 9 October , 2021 3 hours ago, Knotty said: Now don’t wind me up😁I am suffering from man flu. A Berkshire boy suffering man flu. I don't believe it From a fellow Berkshire boy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 9 October , 2021 Share Posted 9 October , 2021 (edited) On 09/10/2021 at 19:51, dickaren said: A Berkshire boy suffering man flu. I don't believe it I call it man flu, the first LFT has suggested otherwise😁, the second was ok, as was the third, just a bloody sore throat now Forgot to say the 1920 picture very evocative. *Today Monday it’s confirmed as severe Tonsillitis* Edited 11 October , 2021 by Knotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dickaren Posted 11 October , 2021 Share Posted 11 October , 2021 On 09/10/2021 at 16:30, Michelle Young said: Here’s a cable, but where This one has me stumped Michelle. Any clues? Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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