June2005LondonFrance
W1Jun2005
Durovernum Cantiacorum, Canterbury
Th2 Canterbury
When:-Th2Jun2005-07bst
Where:-loooking SW,St Martin;s church,North Holmes,Canterbury,the oldest parish church in England
Weather:-dull,cloudy,8/8 altostratus,SW 8m/s,14C
When:-Th2Jun2005-08.15bst
Where:-St Martin of Tours,built by King Ethelbert,W tower,580AD,for his Christian wife,Queen Bertha
Weather:-dull,cloudy,8/8 altostratus,SW 8m/s,14C
F3 A2
Sa4 Dover
When:-Sa4Jun2005-06.15bst
Where-looking E,Temple Ewell,near the spring of the Dour,which runs down to Dover. Given to the Knights Templar in 1163
Weather:-early sun,3/8 altostratus,cirrostratus,stratus,SW 10m/s11C
When:-Sa4Jun2005-07.40bst
Where:-looking W,war memorial and Cambridge Terrace,Sea Front(Yarb97r front)Dover,Kent
Weather:-early sun,5/8 cumulus cirrostratus,SW 8m/s,12C
Su5June2005 Dover
When:-Su5Jun2005-06.50bst
Where:-looking E,one of the best WCs in Dover. In the background, the Eastern docks, ferry terminus with Sea France and P&O ferries
Weather:-dull,8;8 altostratus,stratus,SW 1m/s,13C
M6Jun2005 Dover
HH149 Pilgrimage from St Martin's to Canterbury
Canterbury walk/Swanley, Aylesford, Charing, home/ cash for St Martin's
HH 150 Canterbury city - three roads running alongside
Watling Street to Stour/High Street, Parade, gate to gate/ Burgate by great church
HH 151 Haiku helps recall
Something needs recall/ Haiku knot in handkerchief/ Hammered through thick skull
HH152 Blokhaus d'Eperleques, 1943-4, 3000 workers, hectare,22 metres high
Doodlebug, V2
Huge bunker, much forced labour
Twenty five air raids
Tu7 Calais, France
When:-Tu7Jun2006-06.20mest
Where:-Hotel de Ville(Town Hall) of Calais, France, near Sunrise
Weather:-1/8 cirrus cumulus,NE 5m/s,1C
When:-Tu7Jun2005-15.10mest
Wherer:-camp near the Calais ferry docks
Weather:-sunny,3/8,cumulus,NE4m/s,15C
W8 RN43, Ardres
Th9 Eperleques, blokhaus
F10 St Omer, Audomer
When:-F10Jun2005-07.50mest
Where:-sunrise at Tilques,N of St Omer,on road D443
Weather:-early sun,7/8 cirrus, altostratus,cirrostratus haze,0m/s,8C
HH153, St Omer
Postcards, TIC
Water, Foch Square, St Bertin abbey
Bish Suger born here
Sa11 Arques, Aire s/la Lys
Su12June2005 RN43, Lillers
RN43, Aire-sur-la-Lys to Chocques, near Bethune
Up at 2, no stars
East Lillers, sugar co-op
New West wind, rain soon
Blithering Blank 2, Food and fear
The pigeon sitting on her nest, looks down on the two legged murderer and stops cooing.
The blackbird clicks warnings as she scuttles under a bush.
The murderer sits under the tree and watches.
The wren dares not sing to his nests.
At night, the tawny owl dares not hoot.
The murderer lies down for the night.
The neighbours have not seen the murderer.
They hope for some food.
But this is too much!
Loudly, the robin, blackbird, and wren drive them off.
I have heard these song fights. Last night there were two owls.
M13 RN13, Bethune, Town Hall, Beffroi, St Vaast
HH155, Chocques through Bethune (Tourists Office) to Lens
Old road through Verdin
TO in Belfroy, St Vaast
Bethune from Biggles
Tu14 Lens, Vimy
HH156, Petit-Vimy British WWI cemetery
Vimy Ridge North side
White cross, hundred graves, maple
All Canadians.
W15 Vimy Ridge, Canadian National WWI Memorial
When:-W15Jun2005-05.50mest
Where:-Canadian National WWI Memorial,Vimy Ridge,Lens/Arras
Weather:-early sun,1/8 cirrus,E5m/s,11C
HH157, Canadian National Memorial, WWI, Vimy Ridge
April, 'Seventeen('17)
Seen from far Stop! - now worked on
Outline at sunrise
Th16 Arras
When:-16Jun2005-06.50mest
Where:-looking NW, Hotel de Ville, Arras,Pas de Calais
Weather:-early sun,3/8,SW 1m/s,11C
F17 N39/D939
When:-F17Jun2005-07.00mest
Where:-lookijng SW, cross roads D939/D13 between Arras and Cambrai, Stop!Come to the party, on Sunday! But this ol' car ain't goin' nowhere
Weather:-dull,8/8 altostratus,SW 2m/s,17C
Sa18 Cambrai
When:-Sa18Jun2005-04.30mest
Where:-looking S, road D939,by Cambrai, Baillecourt, St Otte(?) shrine to Notre Dame, Our Lady
Weather:-dawn, 0/8 mist,0m/s,14C
HH158, Cambrai, Nord, France
Starry misty walk
Border, France and Germany
Beffroi, Paris porte
Su19June2005 Canal de St Quentin
When:-Su19Jun2005-06.20 mest
Where:-looking W, American WWI war memorial, Bellicourt, RN44 between Cambrai and St Quentin. American troops took the Hindenberg line, 29 Sept 1918
Weather:-early sun,0/8,E 1m/s,16C
HH159, Camp
'Neath broad black poplar
Quentin canal, broad not sailed
Long hot sunny day
M20 St Quentin
Tu21 N44, Canal de la Sambre
HH160, Camp by RN44 near Canal de la Sambre, in Oise valley
Small green sunlit wood
Mouse, vole, shrew holes, rabbit scrape
Poplar, hazel, birch
W22 Oise, St Gobain
Lousy Limerick 140, It's a long time since I last wrote a limerick!
I'm feeling a bit broken-hearted.
It's taking some time to get started.
A limerick's tough.
Have I got enough?
Wish I 'n my blockage* had parted. *writers' block
Th23 Laon
F24 N44
LL141, Laon, up and down the hill, in the early morning
In the marsh, by the road, dry I kipped
Up to Soissons gate spring, where I dripped
Card posted to Chris
Main square could not miss
Down the long stairs to station I tripped
Sa25 N44, French WWI tanks, D925, D18 Chemin des Dames
HH161, Tank memorial, cross roads, RN44 and RD925, near La Ferme Cholera, whence the first French tanks set out,26April 1916
French World War One tank
Light, gun turret - three thousand
Renault T Dix-Sept (17)
Su26June2005 Reims, thunder
When:-Su26Jun2005-06.20mest
Where:-looking N, Joan of Arc, Reims,Marne,France
Weather:-flash,3/4 waning moon, 0/8 haze,cirrus,SW 1m/s,16C
When:-Su26Jun2005-10.30mest
Where:-looking W,Gothic Cathedral of Reims, E end
Weather:-bright sun,0/8,SW 2m/s,22C
M27 N51, Foret
Tu28 Epernay
When:-Tu28Jun2005-08.00mest
Where:-looking W,Pierry,W of Epernay,Champagne bucket, square with grapes, made of concrete, Departement de la Marne,France
Weather:-sun behind thin clouds,2/8 cirrus altocumulus,E 1 m/s,22C
When:-Tu28Jun2005-08.50mest,
Where:-looking S, Avenue de Mont Felix, leading to L'Eglise de ChavotXIIe-XVIe siecles
Weather:-sunny,5/8 cirrocumulus alto cumulus,N 2m/s,23C
HH162, Quick through Reims and on to Epernay
Sparkling egg - water
Hotel de Ville, cathedral
Pont de Charles de Gaulle
HH163, Moet(1760-1820?) Wa' da'? Hoo dey?
Moet-Chandon - slurp!
Moet, mayor, Epernay
Hey - we're in Champagne!
W29 RD951, La Colonne de Champaubert, Napoleon, Feb 1814
Th30Jun2005
LL142, By RD737, a little SE of Sezanne, Dept 51, Marne
Iside an old French barn, I sit
Dark West clouds fret me, not a bit
Some food, just a bite
Warm dry for the night
Unless the boss says "Time to flit!"
Durovernum Cantiacorum, Canterbury
Th2 Canterbury
When:-Th2Jun2005-07bst
Where:-loooking SW,St Martin;s church,North Holmes,Canterbury,the oldest parish church in England
Weather:-dull,cloudy,8/8 altostratus,SW 8m/s,14C
When:-Th2Jun2005-08.15bst
Where:-St Martin of Tours,built by King Ethelbert,W tower,580AD,for his Christian wife,Queen Bertha
Weather:-dull,cloudy,8/8 altostratus,SW 8m/s,14C
F3 A2
Sa4 Dover
When:-Sa4Jun2005-06.15bst
Where-looking E,Temple Ewell,near the spring of the Dour,which runs down to Dover. Given to the Knights Templar in 1163
Weather:-early sun,3/8 altostratus,cirrostratus,stratus,SW 10m/s11C
When:-Sa4Jun2005-07.40bst
Where:-looking W,war memorial and Cambridge Terrace,Sea Front(Yarb97r front)Dover,Kent
Weather:-early sun,5/8 cumulus cirrostratus,SW 8m/s,12C
Su5June2005 Dover
When:-Su5Jun2005-06.50bst
Where:-looking E,one of the best WCs in Dover. In the background, the Eastern docks, ferry terminus with Sea France and P&O ferries
Weather:-dull,8;8 altostratus,stratus,SW 1m/s,13C
M6Jun2005 Dover
HH149 Pilgrimage from St Martin's to Canterbury
Canterbury walk/Swanley, Aylesford, Charing, home/ cash for St Martin's
HH 150 Canterbury city - three roads running alongside
Watling Street to Stour/High Street, Parade, gate to gate/ Burgate by great church
HH 151 Haiku helps recall
Something needs recall/ Haiku knot in handkerchief/ Hammered through thick skull
HH152 Blokhaus d'Eperleques, 1943-4, 3000 workers, hectare,22 metres high
Doodlebug, V2
Huge bunker, much forced labour
Twenty five air raids
Tu7 Calais, France
When:-Tu7Jun2006-06.20mest
Where:-Hotel de Ville(Town Hall) of Calais, France, near Sunrise
Weather:-1/8 cirrus cumulus,NE 5m/s,1C
When:-Tu7Jun2005-15.10mest
Wherer:-camp near the Calais ferry docks
Weather:-sunny,3/8,cumulus,NE4m/s,15C
W8 RN43, Ardres
Th9 Eperleques, blokhaus
F10 St Omer, Audomer
When:-F10Jun2005-07.50mest
Where:-sunrise at Tilques,N of St Omer,on road D443
Weather:-early sun,7/8 cirrus, altostratus,cirrostratus haze,0m/s,8C
HH153, St Omer
Postcards, TIC
Water, Foch Square, St Bertin abbey
Bish Suger born here
Sa11 Arques, Aire s/la Lys
Su12June2005 RN43, Lillers
RN43, Aire-sur-la-Lys to Chocques, near Bethune
Up at 2, no stars
East Lillers, sugar co-op
New West wind, rain soon
Blithering Blank 2, Food and fear
The pigeon sitting on her nest, looks down on the two legged murderer and stops cooing.
The blackbird clicks warnings as she scuttles under a bush.
The murderer sits under the tree and watches.
The wren dares not sing to his nests.
At night, the tawny owl dares not hoot.
The murderer lies down for the night.
The neighbours have not seen the murderer.
They hope for some food.
But this is too much!
Loudly, the robin, blackbird, and wren drive them off.
I have heard these song fights. Last night there were two owls.
M13 RN13, Bethune, Town Hall, Beffroi, St Vaast
HH155, Chocques through Bethune (Tourists Office) to Lens
Old road through Verdin
TO in Belfroy, St Vaast
Bethune from Biggles
Tu14 Lens, Vimy
HH156, Petit-Vimy British WWI cemetery
Vimy Ridge North side
White cross, hundred graves, maple
All Canadians.
W15 Vimy Ridge, Canadian National WWI Memorial
When:-W15Jun2005-05.50mest
Where:-Canadian National WWI Memorial,Vimy Ridge,Lens/Arras
Weather:-early sun,1/8 cirrus,E5m/s,11C
HH157, Canadian National Memorial, WWI, Vimy Ridge
April, 'Seventeen('17)
Seen from far Stop! - now worked on
Outline at sunrise
Th16 Arras
When:-16Jun2005-06.50mest
Where:-looking NW, Hotel de Ville, Arras,Pas de Calais
Weather:-early sun,3/8,SW 1m/s,11C
F17 N39/D939
When:-F17Jun2005-07.00mest
Where:-lookijng SW, cross roads D939/D13 between Arras and Cambrai, Stop!Come to the party, on Sunday! But this ol' car ain't goin' nowhere
Weather:-dull,8/8 altostratus,SW 2m/s,17C
Sa18 Cambrai
When:-Sa18Jun2005-04.30mest
Where:-looking S, road D939,by Cambrai, Baillecourt, St Otte(?) shrine to Notre Dame, Our Lady
Weather:-dawn, 0/8 mist,0m/s,14C
HH158, Cambrai, Nord, France
Starry misty walk
Border, France and Germany
Beffroi, Paris porte
Su19June2005 Canal de St Quentin
When:-Su19Jun2005-06.20 mest
Where:-looking W, American WWI war memorial, Bellicourt, RN44 between Cambrai and St Quentin. American troops took the Hindenberg line, 29 Sept 1918
Weather:-early sun,0/8,E 1m/s,16C
HH159, Camp
'Neath broad black poplar
Quentin canal, broad not sailed
Long hot sunny day
M20 St Quentin
Tu21 N44, Canal de la Sambre
HH160, Camp by RN44 near Canal de la Sambre, in Oise valley
Small green sunlit wood
Mouse, vole, shrew holes, rabbit scrape
Poplar, hazel, birch
W22 Oise, St Gobain
Lousy Limerick 140, It's a long time since I last wrote a limerick!
I'm feeling a bit broken-hearted.
It's taking some time to get started.
A limerick's tough.
Have I got enough?
Wish I 'n my blockage* had parted. *writers' block
Th23 Laon
F24 N44
LL141, Laon, up and down the hill, in the early morning
In the marsh, by the road, dry I kipped
Up to Soissons gate spring, where I dripped
Card posted to Chris
Main square could not miss
Down the long stairs to station I tripped
Sa25 N44, French WWI tanks, D925, D18 Chemin des Dames
HH161, Tank memorial, cross roads, RN44 and RD925, near La Ferme Cholera, whence the first French tanks set out,26April 1916
French World War One tank
Light, gun turret - three thousand
Renault T Dix-Sept (17)
Su26June2005 Reims, thunder
When:-Su26Jun2005-06.20mest
Where:-looking N, Joan of Arc, Reims,Marne,France
Weather:-flash,3/4 waning moon, 0/8 haze,cirrus,SW 1m/s,16C
When:-Su26Jun2005-10.30mest
Where:-looking W,Gothic Cathedral of Reims, E end
Weather:-bright sun,0/8,SW 2m/s,22C
M27 N51, Foret
Tu28 Epernay
When:-Tu28Jun2005-08.00mest
Where:-looking W,Pierry,W of Epernay,Champagne bucket, square with grapes, made of concrete, Departement de la Marne,France
Weather:-sun behind thin clouds,2/8 cirrus altocumulus,E 1 m/s,22C
When:-Tu28Jun2005-08.50mest,
Where:-looking S, Avenue de Mont Felix, leading to L'Eglise de ChavotXIIe-XVIe siecles
Weather:-sunny,5/8 cirrocumulus alto cumulus,N 2m/s,23C
HH162, Quick through Reims and on to Epernay
Sparkling egg - water
Hotel de Ville, cathedral
Pont de Charles de Gaulle
HH163, Moet(1760-1820?) Wa' da'? Hoo dey?
Moet-Chandon - slurp!
Moet, mayor, Epernay
Hey - we're in Champagne!
W29 RD951, La Colonne de Champaubert, Napoleon, Feb 1814
Th30Jun2005
LL142, By RD737, a little SE of Sezanne, Dept 51, Marne
Iside an old French barn, I sit
Dark West clouds fret me, not a bit
Some food, just a bite
Warm dry for the night
Unless the boss says "Time to flit!"
posted by madelk at 5/01/2005 08:42:00 AM
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