A warm welcome awaits at our Bed and Breakfast in the heart of the Somme battlefield area in beautiful rural France.
Ovillers La Boisselle
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It may be continuing cold here but the payoff is some beautiful sunset skies. This amazing cloud formation outside our front door last night. Time for a mindful moment . #somme #sommebattlefields #no56somme #sunset #februarysunset
Beautiful autumn light at Blighty Valley Cemetery this evening. Always a place of peace nestled alongside the wood. Where Privates lay alongside 4 Lieutenant Colonels . We know this is a favourite Cemetery for many and walking among the graves listening to birdsong - perfection.
And thank you for sharing Percy’s story and effects.
Our sons first return in 6 years, and grandsons Fraiser's return to the Somme, only made better with staying @Number56BandB . Thank you so much Julie and David.
It’s been wonderful having you here - 3 generations makes a special visit. Well done Ian on organising such a special family trip.
Arrived home after a long hot journey from the Somme, and a excellent stay as aways @Number56BandB , thanks so much for making a first visit on the Somme so memory making, for future daughter in law Alice, and grand daughters Millie and Maeve 21/2 and great niece Grace,
Have a safe trip and see you tomorrow! The Somme awaits….
Once again car packed, house and cat sitter inplace, Dover bound, ferry in the morning, then to wonderful @Number56BandB for 4 nights on The Somme.
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Remembering Captain Wallace, 10th Worcestershire Regiment. KIA 108 years ago today. One of The Missing of The Somme. #houstonwallace #bazentin #thiepval #somme #no56somme #memorial
The past couple of days have been glorious weather, but the storm clouds are gathering over Ovillers which will clear the air this evening. Ovillers Military Cemetery looked wonderful on our walk this afternoon. #nature #remembrance #cwgc #no56somme #somme #rememberedhere
Remembering on Anzac Day those who came from the uttermost ends of the earth and still lie in the fields of France. We will remember them. #anzac #anzacday #nzmemorial #longueval #somme #Remembrance
Always great to see you Stuart and especially with a local story of a soldier who was here in La Boisselle. Thanks for the Easter eggs too!
Huge thanks to Julie & David of @Number56BandB as always for adding something a little special to our guests tour, and for the amazing packed lunches as always! Huge thanks must also go to our researcher, Phil, who helped make this tour something beyond the normal. #Thankyou
After a wet winter it finally feels like Spring is arriving. It is as if the Somme landscape invites you in to explore it’s contours and secrets. History with every pace. Like these rolling fields taking the eye to Dantzig Alley. Spring sunshine finally warming our souls.
Always great to have you here, you’ve done so much, paid respects to so many - and the weather has been pretty kind for February!
Amazing final day, round Ypres this time, including the Shot at Dawn post in Poperinghe @CWGC @Number56BandB
December sky. The battlefields are quiet now and where once there was war, now peace reigns supreme. #somme #sommebattlefields #no56somme #ovillers #ovillersmilitarycemetery #december #sunset #decembersunset #sommetourisme #cwgc
St. Andrew’s Day. The 51st Highland Division Memorial at Beaumont Hamel. Brooding Old Jock surveying the battlefield his comrades fought for. #StAndrewsDay #oldjock #51sthighlanddivision #beaumonthamel #remembrance #somme #no56somme #standrew
The service from Lochnagar on 11th November. m.facebook.com/groups/205806…
After the storms the light was exquisite over Grove Town Cemetery, Meaulte this afternoon. A rainbow reaching down to the 1395 souls lying in this Lutyens masterpiece of a resting place. #lutyensarchitecture #nature #remembrance #cwgc #no56somme #somme #sommebattlefields
Always a pleasure Sam, a wonderful few days for everyone. Thank you for all you do.
Lucky to find a few days last week to pay my respects to the Men on both sides of the wire. Lots of great walks to places off the beaten track. Luckier still to share my time in such great company & enjoy the outstanding hospitality of those wonderful people at @Number56BandB
A lovely article in the UK’s Mirror newspaper today. Jackie and her husband Brian stayed with us earlier this year as they followed William Hoare’s Somme battlefield journey. He served with 15th Royal Welsh Fusiliers and after joining up in 1914 in Holborn,
he was in various actions on The Somme until he was mortally wounded at Serre in November, was taken to No.4 CCS where he died on 14 November 1916. He is buried in Varennes Military Cemetery. mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ha…
