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buster · 05-06-2009, 10:50 AM

Part of the visitor centre recreation...

The three Victoria Cross winners, within the cemetary.

buster · 05-06-2009, 11:09 AM

The final part of the trip took us to the Passchendaele museum in Zonnebeke

Outside the museum there are two pillboxes, excavated from the fields and dropped outside the museum, obviously the two turkeys haven't always been there!

During WW1 the Germans were still employing armour to protect their men, something I didn't know until this trip...

and the armoured troops would be manning one of these..

Models of bunkers which have been excavated but deemed to hazardous to maintain.

buster · 05-06-2009, 11:18 AM

Stormtroopers, a concept developed by the German army during WW1, highly trained, lightly equipped and very manouverable troops, with a specific target for each mission, rather than the previous, 'Blanket' point & shoot.

a sense of what the trench would have been like

.....and into the british bunker.....

The armourer..

The surgery.

The bunkspace.

buster · 05-06-2009, 11:28 AM

The French and (Left) the Belgian soldiers.

Artefacts..

Well that's about it from me on this trip. Please feel free to use any of my pictures as you see fit, I only ask that if you do, they are accorded the appropriate respect.

I do have quite a few more pictures, but really, how many pictures of Graveyards do you want to see?

I will make a couple of more postings including random - fun- pictures.

If anyone has any questions or would like some more pics, feel free to PM/e-mail me, I will be happy to help in whatever way I can.

Thanks for taking the time to look at, what was a very interesting trip.

buster · 05-06-2009, 11:37 AM

One McFlurry and ten McBeers please....

YAHOO!!

Says it all really...

Mont St Michel.

Paul the beer inspector...

Securing for sea..

buster · 05-06-2009, 11:40 AM

Jeff and Fatso..

Fatso's fatarse..

Just a good picture...

Shortcut out of the hotel, Jeff went around the front to pay ..... HONEST!

Monkey spots a 'Vette.

womper · 05-06-2009, 08:46 PM

wow... i cannot express the awesome.

omegajim · 05-06-2009, 11:14 PM

I missed a few pictures, I admit, but how close to Flander's fields were you?

buster · 05-07-2009, 03:39 AM

Passchendaele, and Tyne cot, are right in the middle of Flanders

dmsween · 05-07-2009, 12:57 PM

Buster,

Looks like you guys had a great trip. Thanks for all the pictures and the descriptions to go along with them. This is the stuff you never see in history books that is actually interesting.

omegajim · 05-07-2009, 01:03 PM

I admit it was interesting, but the trench wasn't very realistic

no mud,
no rats the size of cats.

thanks for the geographical verification.

plan to make it over there one of these days.

Porcelina Goddess · 05-07-2009, 03:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by womper

wow... i cannot express the awesome.

Ya, very awesome.

omegajim · 05-07-2009, 08:30 PM

my absolutely crazy mind has come up with an even crazier idea.

how about the 100th anniversary of ww1, volunteers gather at the battle sites and each volunteer represents a platoon, a company or a battalion of troops at that particular battle site.

2014 is just around the corner.

but then again, I have been dismissed as crazy on a regular basis.

all sides are represented.

maybe everybody could learn something; that is assuming the western world could learn from its' mistakes.

we could always hope.

buster · 05-08-2009, 04:12 AM

I would like to think that something would be done to mark the 100th anniversary of the END of the Great war, we shall see.

In the meantime this just in... another mass grave has been discovered, in Fromelles, France.

omegajim · 05-08-2009, 06:48 PM

anybody else get the idea when the last war was fought and the soldiers marched past the cemetaries of the previous war they got sort of nervous?

HAMMERPETE · 05-08-2009, 08:10 PM

WoW! Thanks for being tour guide.

buster · 05-11-2009, 04:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by omegajim

anybody else get the idea when the last war was fought and the soldiers marched past the cemetaries of the previous war they got sort of nervous?

Funnily enough, when I was at the huge Thiepval memorial, I was wondering to myself, what stopped the "master race" from desecrating all of the war graves. After all they must have been a bitter reminder that they had tried once before and failed....

Curious....

Smurf · 06-01-2009, 06:24 AM

Thanks for the history lesson Buster..................

Awesome Pics with an enormous amout of documentation.

Good work !!!!

baum604 · 06-12-2009, 04:50 PM

I will be afforded that opportunity so see all this next month. I am spending 5 months in Germany as an exchange student and am making a point to go see the beaches of Normandy.

baum604 · 06-12-2009, 04:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by buster

Funnily enough, when I was at the huge Thiepval memorial, I was wondering to myself, what stopped the "master race" from desecrating all of the war graves. After all they must have been a bitter reminder that they had tried once before and failed....

Curious....

They probably used that to help the propaganda, to help assist the propagation of the need for the war in their eyes.

05-06-2009, 10:50 AM	#41 (permalink)
buster Baft Dastard Join Date: Jul 2007 Bike: K7 VZ M800 Intruder (M50 Boulevard): V45 Magna: Yamaha XJ900 Diversion Location: Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 4,003	Part of the visitor centre recreation... The three Victoria Cross winners, within the cemetary. __________________ When God rides, he rides in Scotland. I know this for a fact, because people often confuse him with me..!!

05-06-2009, 11:09 AM	#42 (permalink)
buster Baft Dastard Join Date: Jul 2007 Bike: K7 VZ M800 Intruder (M50 Boulevard): V45 Magna: Yamaha XJ900 Diversion Location: Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 4,003	The final part of the trip took us to the Passchendaele museum in Zonnebeke Outside the museum there are two pillboxes, excavated from the fields and dropped outside the museum, obviously the two turkeys haven't always been there! During WW1 the Germans were still employing armour to protect their men, something I didn't know until this trip... and the armoured troops would be manning one of these.. Models of bunkers which have been excavated but deemed to hazardous to maintain. __________________ When God rides, he rides in Scotland. I know this for a fact, because people often confuse him with me..!!

05-06-2009, 11:18 AM	#43 (permalink)
buster Baft Dastard Join Date: Jul 2007 Bike: K7 VZ M800 Intruder (M50 Boulevard): V45 Magna: Yamaha XJ900 Diversion Location: Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 4,003	Stormtroopers, a concept developed by the German army during WW1, highly trained, lightly equipped and very manouverable troops, with a specific target for each mission, rather than the previous, 'Blanket' point & shoot. a sense of what the trench would have been like .....and into the british bunker..... The armourer.. The surgery. The bunkspace. __________________ When God rides, he rides in Scotland. I know this for a fact, because people often confuse him with me..!!

05-06-2009, 11:28 AM	#44 (permalink)
buster Baft Dastard Join Date: Jul 2007 Bike: K7 VZ M800 Intruder (M50 Boulevard): V45 Magna: Yamaha XJ900 Diversion Location: Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 4,003	The French and (Left) the Belgian soldiers. Artefacts.. Well that's about it from me on this trip. Please feel free to use any of my pictures as you see fit, I only ask that if you do, they are accorded the appropriate respect. I do have quite a few more pictures, but really, how many pictures of Graveyards do you want to see? I will make a couple of more postings including random - fun- pictures. If anyone has any questions or would like some more pics, feel free to PM/e-mail me, I will be happy to help in whatever way I can. Thanks for taking the time to look at, what was a very interesting trip. __________________ When God rides, he rides in Scotland. I know this for a fact, because people often confuse him with me..!!

05-06-2009, 11:37 AM	#45 (permalink)
buster Baft Dastard Join Date: Jul 2007 Bike: K7 VZ M800 Intruder (M50 Boulevard): V45 Magna: Yamaha XJ900 Diversion Location: Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 4,003	One McFlurry and ten McBeers please.... YAHOO!! Says it all really... Mont St Michel. Paul the beer inspector... Securing for sea.. __________________ When God rides, he rides in Scotland. I know this for a fact, because people often confuse him with me..!!

05-06-2009, 11:40 AM	#46 (permalink)
buster Baft Dastard Join Date: Jul 2007 Bike: K7 VZ M800 Intruder (M50 Boulevard): V45 Magna: Yamaha XJ900 Diversion Location: Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 4,003	Jeff and Fatso.. Fatso's fatarse.. Just a good picture... Shortcut out of the hotel, Jeff went around the front to pay ..... HONEST! Monkey spots a 'Vette. __________________ When God rides, he rides in Scotland. I know this for a fact, because people often confuse him with me..!!

05-06-2009, 11:14 PM	#48 (permalink)
omegajim M-J Lifetime Achievement Award Join Date: Jan 2007 Bike: 1980 Yamaha XS850 Location: Washington County, WI Posts: 10,401	I missed a few pictures, I admit, but how close to Flander's fields were you? __________________ "FREE TIBET!"* With purchase of one Tibet of equal or greater value. "I have a driver's license. It doesn't mean I show up at the Indy 500 with my morgan." Ducky- NCIS and until very recently, we were Wisconsin Tourism Federation ----- no really.

05-07-2009, 03:39 AM	#49 (permalink)
buster Baft Dastard Join Date: Jul 2007 Bike: K7 VZ M800 Intruder (M50 Boulevard): V45 Magna: Yamaha XJ900 Diversion Location: Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 4,003	Passchendaele, and Tyne cot, are right in the middle of Flanders __________________ When God rides, he rides in Scotland. I know this for a fact, because people often confuse him with me..!!

05-07-2009, 12:57 PM	#50 (permalink)
dmsween Seat Tester Join Date: Apr 2008 Bike: '07 M50 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 74	Buster, Looks like you guys had a great trip. Thanks for all the pictures and the descriptions to go along with them. This is the stuff you never see in history books that is actually interesting. __________________ '07 M50 Blurple Cobra Streetrod Slashdown Mapam backrest & luggage rack. Easy Brackets & River Road Classic Large Slant Saddlebag - Dimensions: 17” W x 12" H x 6" D Memphis Shades Big Shot Saddlemen Explorer Gel Seat

05-07-2009, 01:03 PM	#51 (permalink)
omegajim M-J Lifetime Achievement Award Join Date: Jan 2007 Bike: 1980 Yamaha XS850 Location: Washington County, WI Posts: 10,401	I admit it was interesting, but the trench wasn't very realistic no mud, no rats the size of cats. thanks for the geographical verification. plan to make it over there one of these days. __________________ "FREE TIBET!"* With purchase of one Tibet of equal or greater value. "I have a driver's license. It doesn't mean I show up at the Indy 500 with my morgan." Ducky- NCIS and until very recently, we were Wisconsin Tourism Federation ----- no really.

05-07-2009, 08:30 PM	#53 (permalink)
omegajim M-J Lifetime Achievement Award Join Date: Jan 2007 Bike: 1980 Yamaha XS850 Location: Washington County, WI Posts: 10,401	my absolutely crazy mind has come up with an even crazier idea. how about the 100th anniversary of ww1, volunteers gather at the battle sites and each volunteer represents a platoon, a company or a battalion of troops at that particular battle site. 2014 is just around the corner. but then again, I have been dismissed as crazy on a regular basis. all sides are represented. maybe everybody could learn something; that is assuming the western world could learn from its' mistakes. we could always hope. __________________ "FREE TIBET!"* With purchase of one Tibet of equal or greater value. "I have a driver's license. It doesn't mean I show up at the Indy 500 with my morgan." Ducky- NCIS and until very recently, we were Wisconsin Tourism Federation ----- no really.

05-08-2009, 04:12 AM	#54 (permalink)
buster Baft Dastard Join Date: Jul 2007 Bike: K7 VZ M800 Intruder (M50 Boulevard): V45 Magna: Yamaha XJ900 Diversion Location: Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 4,003	I would like to think that something would be done to mark the 100th anniversary of the END of the Great war, we shall see. In the meantime this just in... another mass grave has been discovered, in Fromelles, France. __________________ When God rides, he rides in Scotland. I know this for a fact, because people often confuse him with me..!!

05-08-2009, 06:48 PM	#55 (permalink)
omegajim M-J Lifetime Achievement Award Join Date: Jan 2007 Bike: 1980 Yamaha XS850 Location: Washington County, WI Posts: 10,401	anybody else get the idea when the last war was fought and the soldiers marched past the cemetaries of the previous war they got sort of nervous? __________________ "FREE TIBET!"* With purchase of one Tibet of equal or greater value. "I have a driver's license. It doesn't mean I show up at the Indy 500 with my morgan." Ducky- NCIS and until very recently, we were Wisconsin Tourism Federation ----- no really.

05-08-2009, 08:10 PM	#56 (permalink)
HAMMERPETE Refrigerator Magnet Test Engineer Join Date: Oct 2005 Bike: 2005 HAMMER Location: SOCAL %%%%%ES Posts: 3,526	WoW! Thanks for being tour guide. __________________ Music pick of the Week(Timbo started it) Rare Earth http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZsppOw2Mxk "There's not a whole lot ways this can go right" - Johnny Knoxsville "I did something in a previous life that must have been spectacularly good, because I'm getting paid in this life just magnificently, more than one would dare imagine or hope for." - RIP George Carlin. Life's Journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, But rather to skid in side ways, totally worn out shouting HOLYSHI$T What A RIDE!!

06-01-2009, 06:24 AM	#58 (permalink)
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06-12-2009, 04:50 PM	#59 (permalink)
baum604 Seat Tester Join Date: Feb 2006 Bike: '03 Honda shadow 750 Spirit Location: Southwest PA Posts: 66	I will be afforded that opportunity so see all this next month. I am spending 5 months in Germany as an exchange student and am making a point to go see the beaches of Normandy. __________________ Why am I here posting? I should be out riding!

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