There are no endings, only new beginnings

November 14, 2018December 1, 2018 ~ lmbd88 ~ Leave a comment

Here we are then, the centenary of the Armistice has been and gone. The 11th hour, of the 11th month 100 years later, arrived in Flanders and on the Somme as it did in London and Burwash and many other places dear to my heart. Soon, it was 11.01, and a little after, 11.15, then … Continue reading There are no endings, only new beginnings

‘If I fall I shall have done something with my life worth doing’

November 4, 2018December 1, 2018 ~ lmbd88 ~ Leave a comment

In September I took a friend over to Flanders on a day trip and we stopped at the Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing. The village of Ploegsteert (Plugstreet as it was known to the troops during the war) lies to the south of the town of Ypres, close to the French border. For the majority … Continue reading ‘If I fall I shall have done something with my life worth doing’