Milder 5° C overnight. Rain was forecast so we had a day
off at Abbécourt. We went shopping at Auchan in Noyon. Bill didn’t need
anything so he stayed on board Rosy. When we got back I suggested that we
could go and have a look at Compiègne, if Bill wanted to go, and visit the
Armistice museum again. He said yes, so we had some lunch and collected Bill at
1.30 p.m. Mike had left the ‘phone in the car when we came back from Noyon and
we’d missed a call from Helen on Floan to say that they’d just come down the
lock at Vraux, she ended by saying she would call Bill. When we got to the
Clairèrie de l’Armistice the sand (a softer alternative to gravel) around the
rail tracks was waterlogged. We had a wander round and looked through the huge
selection of 3D black and white photos. Noticed Bill was missing, so Mike
looked at the last couple of viewers and skipped the end two rooms full of
maps, newspapers and uniforms and we went to find Bill, he was outside. Mike
dropped the ‘phone, it landed flat on the stone path but still seemed to be
working OK. Back home across the hill through the thick of the WW1 battlefield
surrounding Tracy-le-Val.
And in lieu of photos here are some interesting links:-
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