I agree the The Somme as some know has a horrific WW1 history you can read about numbers and statistics but when you see and read the lists of names on these monuments its staggering. Sad to hear your thoughts that their sacrifice is being forgotten. Not necessarily forgotten, there is just too muc...

Blimey, bit of a flying visit! If you go again take in the Last Post ceremony at the Menin Gate in Ypres (every evening at 8pm) and visit the museum. It was but only because I grabbed the chance while I could as we have spent the entire summer sorting out the estate of my Father in Law who passed a...

Take your sleeping bag upstairs - the lounge was freezing cold so impossible to sleep. Regular travellers all had their sleeping bags or blankets. Just back. The ferries were fine. Warm, clean, comfortable enough... for ferries. Yesterdays 6.00pm sailing was pretty much packed, mostly with older la...

Both Teapot One and Marc Rides have shown that our charging infrastructure in the UK is all wrong. There are good companies and facilities but it seems to me that many of the providers have set their businesses up to service the regular commuters or the increasing number of company vehicle users, th...

We used the N - D route extensively when we lived in the UK in the eighties and it was great but a very poor service now it’s run by DFDS. As long as it gets me from one side of the channel to the other and back again, I will be happy with that. I hope to spend most of the outward trip asleep anyway.

Small polite words like bonjour and merci are very apriciated To say nothing is taken as a bit rude. I have a smattering of French as I used to travel there a few times a year on business... but that was 25 years ago. My wife and I have been speaking rusty O level French since I decided on this tri...

I considered taking my documents, so thanks for that tip, I will be sure to have them with me. I am not really a spur of the moment kinda guy, so this is a bit of a rush job in comparison to my usual well planned approach, but given the weather and the fact I have the time, I thought... what the heck!

My second cemetery visit is only a short ride from La Tommy, so I think a brunch may be in order there but it's good to know bikers are welcome.

Is it worth taking twenty quid in Euro's? Or will I be able to use my card's in most places.

Before covid, I had planned a short trip to France to visit the two war graves of my great uncles, then what happened, happened. In a spur of the moment decision, while contemplating the same trip in April 2023 it occurred to me that the weather is currently excellent, so... why not go next week. Th...

Teapot One is doing the four points of the UK and has some interesting views on infrastructure.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHOpGf3n7x4