Day 8. Saturday WW1 supplement

This route of 75km/47miles non stop would take one hour and twenty seven minutes. The route takes in the Thiepval Memorial and Cemetery which carried the names of 73,000 British and South African men who have no known grave. The Newfoundland Memorial Park with visitors center and preserved trenches.


Then back to the Hotel to collect the rest of the group.


Depart Hotel 8.30am or earlier?


D917              Bapaume
D929              Albert
D73                Hamel/Thiepval
D73                Auchonvillers
D163              Beaumont Hamel
D163              Beaucourt
D163              Beaumont Hamel (again)
D919              Serre/Puisieux
D60                Arras


Return to Hotel 12.00 noon


For the die hard's the memorials are open 24/7 sunrise is at 5.00am?
(maybe the wrong choice of words in this case?)