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I was recently in Ypres (Iepers), and learned from waymarkings of this walk along the whole of the WW1 Western Front, from Switzerland up to Belgium.
Remembrance Day today. In these perilous times, it is important we remember the realities of conflict - and this walk would be a prolonged opportunity to do that.
Here's another link to a recent book about it by Anthony Seldon:
Here is a website that helps with logistics in the Flanders section:
There is also a Wikiloc track out there for those who want to walk the entire route:
EUROPEAN HIKE & BIKE TRAILS - Western Front Way
The Western Front Way offers app-led European hike & bike trails along WWI Front Lines. See app for more details...
thewesternfrontway.com
Remembrance Day today. In these perilous times, it is important we remember the realities of conflict - and this walk would be a prolonged opportunity to do that.
Here's another link to a recent book about it by Anthony Seldon:
The Path of Peace by Anthony Seldon review – a trail of painful history
The writer’s vivid account of walking the Western Front Way illuminates the traumas of the first world war while reassessing his own tumultuous life
www.theguardian.com
Here is a website that helps with logistics in the Flanders section:
The Western Front Way
www.flandersfields.be
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