DAY TOURS
- approximately 8 hours
- € 200,- (minimum 2 persons)
- I will join you in your car
- starting 09:00
- packed lunch € 10,- p.p. by request
Departure
SOMME BATTLEFIELD TOUR; British Sector.
I will guide you and tell the stories of the British big push, it’s soldiers and their endeavors.
- Commonwealth and German cemeteries
- Memorials
- Preserved trenches
- Mine craters
- Wide viewpoints
SOMME BATTLEFIELD TOUR; French Sector.
I will guide you through the relatively unknown French sector of the Somme Battle
- French and German cemeteries
- Memorials
- Preserved trenches
- Wide viewpoints over the River Somme
- Destroyed village
BATTLES OF ARTOIS AND VIMY RIDGE.
I will guide you through the terrible French Battles of Artois (1915) and the eventual Canadian victory on Vimy Ridge
- French, German and Commonwealth cemeteries
- Memorials
- Preserved trenches
- Mine craters
- Wide viewpoints
TOUR OF THE VICTORIA CROSSES OF THE SOMME.
I will guide you on a tour, visiting sites of VC actions, telling their stories, gravesites and memorials.
MORNING TOURS
- approximately 4 hours
- € 100,- (minimum 2 persons)
- I will join you in your car
- Part car, part walking
- starting 09:00
- Possible to mix the tours to your wishes, within the timeframe
Departure
SOMME BATTLEFIELD TOUR; British north sector.
I will guide you and tell the stories of the British big push, 1 July on the north-side of the Albert-Bapaume Road.
- Serre, Beaumont-Hamel, Thiepval
- Pals Battalions
- Commonwealth cemeteries
- Memorials
- Preserved trenches
- Wide viewpoints
SOMME BATTLEFIELD TOUR; British south sector.
I will guide you and tell the stories of the British big push, 1 July on the south-side of the Albert-Bapaume Road
- Ovillers-La Boisselle, Fricourt, Mametz, Carnoy, Montauban
- Pals Battalions
- Commonwealth cemeteries
- Memorials
- Preserved trenches
- Wide viewpoints
SOMME BATTLEFIELD TOUR; the continuing battle.
I will guide you and tell the stories of the enduring and attritional Battle after 1 July.
- Mametz Wood
- Bazentin Ridge
- Delville Wood
- High Wood
- Flers
SOMME BATTLEFIELD TOUR; the final battles.
I will guide you and tell the stories of the final Battles fought, often in abysmal conditions
- Thiepval
- Mouquet Farm
- Courcelette
- Ancre Heights
- Ancre
Bespoke tours
I will do bespoke tours in consultation to your personal wishes, price depending on work and duration. Email me for information.
Large groups
Different rates apply for large groups and coaches/buses and may depend on the amount of research/preparation that might have to be done.
Not included
Entrance fees for museums are not included in the price of the tours.
Some of the tours include some stout walking in, probably, muddy conditions. Appropriate footware is strongly recommended.
Digging or using metal detectors are absolutely prohibited and subject to heavy fines. Bunkers and other positions are dangerous and should not be entered. Live ammunitions, shells, grenades and mortar bombs should not be touched under any circumstances.
