Four War Tour

[Captain Offensive]

In previous years I've mostly followed various 'organised' tour routes (Avenue Verte, Lone Cymru etc) but this summer I created my own, the "Four War Tour" taking a 5 day ride starting in Brussels and heading back to Dunkirk via Waterloo, The Somme, Agincourt, Ypres and Passchendaele, and the Dunkirk Beaches.

If that sounds like an interesting ride I wrote about it at:

http://www.richmay.co.uk/four-war-tour/



Cheers
C.O.

[Jakob W]

I enjoyed reading that, ta.

[jiberjaber]

Nice read on a Sunday afternoon.  I cycled a few of the bits you did back in 2015 I think on The Fridays Low Lands tour.  Thanks for that. 

[orejas]

Nice write up. I enjoyed riding for a few days in the Somme and Ypres a couplemof years back and certainky agree thatnsome of those cemeteries cna bring a tear to your eye.

[Captain Offensive]

Hi all,

Thanks for the kind words

C.O.

[Tim Hall]

That was a nicely written account, thanks.

I've cycled over various parts of your route in the past few years, so it brought back a few memories.  One note: My understanding/faint memory of the German war cemetery grave markers is that they marked four, not two graves, with the cross at the centre of the four. I could be wrong though.

[Tail End Charlie]

I enjoyed it as well. I think it's a great idea to have a theme to a tour, or even a ride (I've been known to go it and ride and count how many thatched cottages I could see for example).