This is not the ANZAC Day we planned but here at the Silent Picket in Martinpuich the courage and sacrifice of the ANZACs are not forgotten. ‘At every cost,’ they said, ‘it must be done.’ They told us in the early afternoon. We sit and wait the coming of the Read more…
When we first came here local people told us how their grandparents, returning after the Great War, dug out and roofed the cellars of their old houses, all the time hoping to find some past treasure unbroken. The government wanted to make this area a “Zone Rouge”, forbidding reconstruction, but Read more…
Well March was not as we had planned. We had healthy bookings to start off our season and after a long quiet winter we were looking forward to welcoming guests once more. We never would have thought that all of our March and April bookings would cancel. As I write Read more…