Day 14 Friday 14 April 2017 (Good Friday)

Thanks for the tip Jo, I will certainly be keeping an eye out for some of that Becherovka, it must have some medicinal benefits by the sound of it.

Flashy, the Regina Hotel where you stayed the 1st time here is closed for renovations.

A quiet day in Ypres today, I have been coming down with a cold for the last few days so I decided to have a bit of a rest day.  So I got up late and wandered up to to the market square for an omlette for brunch, with orange juice and coffee.  It is amazing for a town that is in the middle of rich farm land and proud of their local produce they you give you milk for your coffee in one of those little plastic tub things.

Another interesting thing here is that although Belgium has a strong Catholic population Good Friday is not a public holiday, in fact there is nothing happening here to indicate that it is any different than any other day.

Ypres from the Zonnebeke ridge

The above photo shows you what the fighting was all about.  Whoever held the high ground had the advantage, and the high ground didn't have to be very high.  Just think, you have your artillery spotters on the ridge with the guns on the reverse of the ridge and you can fire away all day.  The photo was taken using my zoom lense, Ypres is about 7 - 10 km away.  Even the lightest of the German artillery had a range of at least 12 km.

Although suffering terribly from my man flu I decided to go for a walk around Ypres and get some photos to pad out this episode of the blog, so I hope you appreciate the pics and the effort that has been made to take them.

Market Square Ypres

Inscription on the Menin Gate

Two Goats