CROONAERT Posted 19 July , 2007 Share Posted 19 July , 2007 Hopefully, this will bring back a few happy memories for some.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roel22 Posted 20 July , 2007 Share Posted 20 July , 2007 To me Andre was one of the most colourful characters around. Always surrounded by battlefield-debris, grenades and wonderful stories. He was one of the persons who sparkled my interest in WW1. Roel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadog Posted 20 July , 2007 Share Posted 20 July , 2007 Hopefully, this will bring back a few happy memories for some.... Croonaert - the post is brilliant!, never seen this before many thanks. Like Roel22 I believe that we owe Andre a debt and I will always remember creeping through the fence into the now dilapidated trenches etc, and the pure excitement of discovering pillboxes, the mine crater etc. One of the best sights to me was the giant pile of shellcases that seemed to get smaller year by year (maybe I did take one!). Norman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cnock Posted 20 July , 2007 Share Posted 20 July , 2007 Hi, I agree with Dave, Roel and Norman. Cnock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cnock Posted 20 July , 2007 Share Posted 20 July , 2007 Bayernwald in the nineties Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cnock Posted 20 July , 2007 Share Posted 20 July , 2007 Bayernwald Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadog Posted 20 July , 2007 Share Posted 20 July , 2007 Bayernwald in the nineties Cnock - great pics, I am now getting very nostalgic and wanting to rush off to wonderful Belgium NOW. Must however wait until September. There must have been so many of us creeping around the old museum that its a wonder we did not bump into each other constantly!. By the way I recognise the shellcase on bottom right, I think its the one I brought back to its rightful home!. Norman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cnock Posted 20 July , 2007 Share Posted 20 July , 2007 Hi Norman, Mr.Becquart Hi Norman, Mr.Becquart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cnock Posted 20 July , 2007 Share Posted 20 July , 2007 The museum in the late seventies. Regards, Cnock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadog Posted 20 July , 2007 Share Posted 20 July , 2007 The museum in the late seventies. Regards, Cnock Many thanks Cnock for the photos, I did not see the museum but I certainly appreciated my visits to the site and they inspired my passion for the study of WW1. Mind you so did the good Belgium Beer in Ypres. Sometimes I think that we may have seen the best, but then a visit to the Hooge Crater Museum or the one in Zonnebeke restores my faith that there is still much to wonder at and appreciate in Flanders. Best Wishes Norman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John S Posted 28 December , 2007 Share Posted 28 December , 2007 Any further information on the state of repair at Bayernwald? I am hoping to visit at the end of February 2008. regards John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Trim Posted 28 December , 2007 Share Posted 28 December , 2007 Hi John, I was there in early October. Some of the trenches were in good repair others were collapsing in in places. The bunkers had a few inches of water in them. Site well worth a visit though, as is the wee cemetery down the slope. Forgotten its name. Found shrapnel amongst the sugar beet as I walked to it. Len Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frie Posted 28 December , 2007 Share Posted 28 December , 2007 Important reparations are on the town budget of 2008. So works can only start in 2008. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabine72 Posted 28 December , 2007 Share Posted 28 December , 2007 Hello, in the newspaper this week, new repairs planned in 2008 to restore bayernwald,This time the reparation should last for 20 years?!!!! I hope they are right. kind regards sabine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frie Posted 28 December , 2007 Share Posted 28 December , 2007 And also planned in 2009. (every year) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John S Posted 28 December , 2007 Share Posted 28 December , 2007 Thanks everyone for the update. I will give it a go, although end of February not the best time (weatherwise) to visit the battlefields. Regards John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roel22 Posted 28 December , 2007 Share Posted 28 December , 2007 I will give it a go, although end of February not the best time (weatherwise) to visit the battlefields. Well, some rain adds to the feeling 'how it must have been...' Have a nice trip! Roel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithmroberts Posted 28 December , 2007 Share Posted 28 December , 2007 When I tried to visit in the autumn the site had been secured, and there was a notice saying that one had to apply - I think it was to an office in Kemmel to arrange access. It was the last day of my visit so I didn't have the time unfortunately. Hopefully I shall do better next time. The photographs, especially the earlier ones look really interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John S Posted 29 December , 2007 Share Posted 29 December , 2007 Thank you Roel. I have visited in snow, frost, fog and rain (and some sun) over the years and it does enhance onces preception of how it might have been. The most poignant trip was about three years ago, there was heavy snow and we visited Plugstreet, I will always remember the quietness and the untrodden snow. Thanks Keith for the information. Regards John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick D Posted 29 December , 2007 Share Posted 29 December , 2007 I visited the place in Sept last year, it's no real bother to obtain your ticket & code for entry from Kemmel tourist info. I can only add that when I was there, I was unable to visit on Sunday due to shooting in the adacent woods. So I suggest that you should plan your visit as soon as you get there ! Mick D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hudsonswhistle Posted 29 December , 2007 Share Posted 29 December , 2007 When I tried to visit in the autumn the site had been secured, and there was a notice saying that one had to apply - I think it was to an office in Kemmel to arrange access. It was the last day of my visit so I didn't have the time unfortunately. Hopefully I shall do better next time. The photographs, especially the earlier ones look really interesting. Was there in nov,you do need to go to the tourist informtion office in kemmel pay a couple of euros and they will give you a code to enter the gate,so you can gain access.Well worth a visit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithmroberts Posted 30 December , 2007 Share Posted 30 December , 2007 I didn't wish to imply that it would be a major problem; it was just unfortunate that the site was my last point of call late on a Sunday afternoon, when I had an early ferry to catch the next morning. Next time I will plan ahead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnty D Posted 7 January , 2008 Share Posted 7 January , 2008 I can add that it's well worth a visit, I visited last year and enjoyed it . JD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jainvince Posted 8 January , 2008 Share Posted 8 January , 2008 Hopefully, this will bring back a few happy memories for some.... Fascinating document. Many of the items listed appear to have disappeared or may be hidden in another part of the wood. Do we know just how much remains in addition to the bunkers, trenches and mineshafts? BernardP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frie Posted 10 January , 2008 Share Posted 10 January , 2008 hi, Bayernwald is only a minor part of the former site... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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