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Old 25-11-2019, 11:13 PM   #31
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The Menin Gate service is one of the most moving moments linked to WW1 I have experienced. Whilst exploring the Ypres Salient over the past 3years, I have watched the ceremony several times. Each time when the last post is played, you cannot help but be emotional.
I agree, it is hard not to be moved by the nightly ceremony at the Gate but also by the fact that on the memorial itself there is hardly a flat surface without a name remembered in stone.



I went to Ypres a few years ago on my way back from the Netherlands after visiting my Uncles' grave in Mierlo War Cemetery- If you look closely you'll see on the grass in front of each grave is a single Iris flower laid there by the children of Mierlo in a ceremony a few days before my visit- each of the 665 graves there had a flower to remember them and their sacrifice.

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Old 26-11-2019, 10:48 AM   #32
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Im off to Thailand tommorow so the S4 with tankbag and throwover panniers will get some long tours to North of Thailand and the North east over next 3 months ,,

one job i must do is re weld on the Tea tray frame and gubbins because in wet weather or on dusty muddy roads the lack of tea tray is messy

the M750 has taken me around France Germany and many other European destinations with similar bags ,, all are fine tourers ,,,reasonably comfy good for 300mile days but can do 700 mile days if you are stupid or like me mad.. but it hurts ha ha
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