Victory Lodge

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Victory Lodge

• 90th Anniversary of the Lodge
• 18 22 June 2009
• Visit to the World War One
• Battlefields

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Victory Lodge 393290th Anniversary
Commemorative Visit
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Visit to the World War1 Battlefields June 2009

• ITINERARY
• Thursday - Depart Blackburn and travel by coach
  to Dover with a refreshment stop en route. At
  Dover we board the cross channel ferry for the
  short 90 minute crossing to Calais. Landing in
  France we have a short journey into Belgium to
  the town of Ypres. Check in at the Holiday Inn
  Hotel for 2 nights dinner bed and breakfast.
  After dinner we propose to walk around the corner
  to the Menin Gate for the Ceremony of the Last
  Post. This takes place every night at 8pm. The
  bars and cafes of Ypres are just on the doorstep
  of the Hotel.
• Friday - Buffet breakfast is included and the
  morning is free in Ypres- you can visit the shops
  and town but to be recommended is the In
  Flanders Field Museum on the Market Square -
  only a 5 minute walk from the hotel and with
  20,0000 visitors each year! -it is superb and
  covers all aspects of the war. After lunchtime we
  will board the coach for a short journey around
  the Ypres Battlefield Sites. We will visit the
  main sites first stop will be at Essex Farm,
  here John McCrae wrote In Flanders Fields the
  poppies blow between the crosses row on row. We
  can see a dressing station and also the 49th West
  Riding memorial. A short drive and we arrive at
  Langemarck- the German Cemetery where blockhouses
  can be seen. Then onto Tyne Cot the largest
  British war cemetery in the world - here there
  is an interpretative centre to visit. Onto
  Passchendaele and the area of Hill 60 and 62
  before returning to the Hotel for dinner.
• Saturday - We leave Ypres after breakfast and
  head south into France. Stopping briefleyat the
  small Lancashire Cottage cemetery. Then we look
  at the Canadian Memorial and Vimy Ridge before
  arriving at the hotel in Arras. After checking in
  there is free time to look around the shops
  Cathedral or visit the underground WW1 museum.
  There is a huge market square and several
  pavement cafes and bars. Dinner is included at
  the Hotel with free time to enjoy Arras
  afterwards by night.
• Sunday - After breakfast a day visiting the
  Battlefields of the Somme. We travel to Peronne
  Blackburns twin town. Visiting Lochnagar Crater
  dating from 1915 a hole measuring 300 ft across
  and 90 ft deep! Then on to Thiepval visitor
  centre and memorial to the British dead. Then
  past the Ulster memorial to the small village of
  Serre - here a highlight of the tour- we walk 15
  minutes along a farm track to the Accrington Pals
  Memorial and see in this wooded copse and many
  Lancashire and Yorkshire graves. We return to
  Arras for dinner and the night.
• Monday By motorway to Calais where we have time
  to visit a beer/wine shop before boarding the
  ferry to Dover. Into Dover mid afternoon we head
  north to Blackburn arriving approx 2000 at the
  Lodge.

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Ypres
A more sacred place for the British race does not
exist
Winston Churchill
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Holiday Inn Ypres

• Hotel Description
• 122 Smoking and non-smoking rooms, including
  rooms adapted for the disabled. All rooms have a
  fully equiped bathroom with separate toilets,
  air-conditioning, minibar, television, pay-TV,
  direct-dial telephone, modem socket. Fitness
  centre and hammam. Côte Jardin Restaurant, Bar,
  Brasserie and terrace. Light snacks
  round-the-clock. Dry cleaning. Conference
  centres. Private executive boardroom. Walking
  distance from the Menin Gate and Town Centre.

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In Flanders Fields the poppies blow
between the crosses row on row John McCrae
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ESSEX FARM
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PERONNE
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LOCHNAGAR CRATER
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Arras
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Mercure Atria Hotel Arras

• Hotel description
• This is a good standard 3-star hotel with a
  central location. The hotel is housed in a modern
  building. This hotel is located in the city
  centre. opposite the high speed train, TGV,
  railway station and 5 minutes walk from the
  historic centre. It is also 20 minutes from the
  most important World War 1 memorial
  cemetery.There are 80 bedrooms all equipped with
  bathrooms. These are comfortable with a standard
  modern décor.

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Vimy Ridge
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Accrington Pals

• "The History of the East Lancashire Regiment in
  the Great War" records that out of some 720
  Accrington Pals who took part in the attack, 584
  were killed, wounded or missing.

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Visit to the World War1 Battlefields June 2009

• Victory Lodge has arranged this memorable
  opportunity to visit and see first hand the World
  War One sites that are only normally read about
  or seen on TV. Everyone is most welcome to join
  us and help make this an enjoyable experience
  whilst raising much needed charity funds.

• Please fill in the booking form and hand it with
  your cheque to any member of Victory Lodge.

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At the going down of the sun and in the
morning, We will remember them.

• VICTORY LODGE No3932 90thANNIVERSARY JUNE 2009
• VISIT TO THE WORLD WAR 1 BATTLEFIELDS OF YPRES
  ARRAS THE SOMME

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18th June 2009

• Be a part of this memorable event
• Thankyou