Tues 14 Feb 4°

HAPPY Valentines day, lovely sunny day, very flat ploughed land, with wind farms and signs for war graves which are beautifully clean and very well kept, frequently along the very straight road to Arras.

Good site for next few days,  free with good service near town and historic sites.
Fabulous day for a walk into town to the Tourist Information Center.  Bought tickets for the Wellington Tunnels and walk up the clock tower.

Great tour of the tunnels where the miners from Wihi went to help connect the existing caves from the old limestone quarries. 24,000 soldiers were housed in  the mines for 8 days for a surprise attack on the Germans.

 

45 mins walk back to the tower, lift up then 45 steps on a tiny spiral staircase up to viewing platform under the clock.

 

The square was a picture and buzzing with people, the sun  was shining and there was one table outside waiting for us. What started as one drink in the square,  turned into 3, it was such a lovely place, we were enjoying people watching. Some were rolling their own ,some had vaporiser artificial cigarettes and some of the young women were wrapped in what looked like blankets, bit too big for scarves.

After about 2 hours the temperature dropped so we set off back to Bessie, me being a cheap drunk, staggered and tripped on the cobblestone paving,  but made it back safely. A lovely end to a very good day.