Andrew Holmes

Wicres Route de La Bassée German Military Cemetery on Saturday.

Happy Valley British Cemetery, Fampoux, near Arras on Saturday.

Level Crossing Cemetery, Fampoux, near Arras on Saturday.

Nice roses in Sunken Road Cemetery, Fampoux, on Saturday.

The fair was in town in Ypres on Saturday.

The Menin Gate, Ypres, early Sunday morning.

Spotted this rather touching epitaph at Sunken Road Cemetery, Fampoux on Saturday.

Canadian Memorial, Vimy Ridge, yesterday.

Several unknown soldier graves at Arras Road Cemetery, this morning.

Absolutely tipping it down for us the day before, so didn’t do Celo!

The Ellison Tunnel, held up with wet 100 year old timbers

And some concrete

Very very excited middle aged nerd at the entrance to the Ellison Tunnel

The Ellison Tunnel again

Have been exploring Monte Pasubio today. The underground workings (many hundreds of metres of tunnels dug into solid rock) are absolutely incredible. There’s still a lot of burned and rusty stuff down there.

Sorry, Emma

Some gentle off-roading in the Julian Alps

Russian memorial

It was Emma’s first experience of riding off-road, so obviously I tricked her into riding up the Vršič pass to the Russian chapel. Once the abrasions and bruises have healed she’ll probably be glad we did it.

The stunning Lake Bled, Slovenia, in better weather yesterday afternoon.

Lake Bled, Slovenia, this morning.

Return visit to Bovec Austro-First World War Hungarian Military Cemetery, this morning.

Some spectacular water sites around Bovec, Slovenia, today.

First World War Trenches and fortifications at the Ravelnik Outdoor Museum, Bovec, Slovenia, earlier.

The spectacular Stolnom Waterfall behind Some the Austro-Hungarian Military Cemetery Log pod Mangartom, Slovenia, this morning.

Some private headstones and commemorations at Austro-Hungarian Military Cemetery Log pod Mangartom, Slovenia, this morning.

Austro-Hungarian Military Cemetery Log pod Mangartom, Slovenia, this morning

We’re back in Ljubljana then!

Austria-Hungary First World War cemetery in Bovec, Slovenia, this afternoon.

The Russian Chapel on the Vršič Pass, near Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, commemorates Russian Prisoners of war captured by the Austro-Hungarian Army who died whilst working as forced labour in the First World War.

The Great Soca Gorge, Slovenia, earlier.

Slovenian First World War Memorial at Gozd Martuljek, Slovenia.

We’re a bit lucky!!

River Soca/Isonzo at Bovec, Slovenia, earlier.

Italian First World War trenches at Mount Kolovrat, Slovenia, earlier.

The cover of Thunder in the Mountains, showing a 6-inch howitzer on a mountain top

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Austro-Hungarian cemetery of Fogliano Redipuglia, Italy, this afternoon.