I would love to be providing daily updates on The Western Front Expedition here, but the fact is I haven’t the time to do so at the moment, so I’ve made all images accessible on this public Facebook album.
The Western Front Expedition, Stage 1: The Tomb of the Unknown Warrior
Date 6 Sep 2014
A few pictures from our walk today, the first stage of 57 on The Western Front Expedition from London to Paris. There were four of us today: my mother Stephanie, my brother Ben, and my good friend Jeremy. 2.3 miles down, only 697.7 to go!
Keeping the captions brief tonight. We’re starting tomorrow’s walk at 8.30am and I just don’t have time to do it full justice.
Tomorrow’s walk is Stage 2: Monuments and Memorials
We met underneath the 15″ naval guns in front of the Imperial War Museum, London.
Mom in front of the museum. Photo by Benjamin Wenk.
Stephanie, Jeremy and David under the battleship guns at IWM London. Photo by Benjamin Wenk.
Now we’re inside the museum. A view of the horrors of war.
Mom and her namesake Howitzer. Photo by Benjamin Wenk.
The Tibetan Peace Garden is just two minutes’ walk from the front of the museum.
Jeremy in the back streets of Lambeth. This was St Mary’s Gardens. We’re around the corner from The Ship here.
This was lunch — the duck salad at The Ship on Kennington Lane.
Jeremy at The Ship.
We’d booked a private tour of Lambeth Palace after lunch. This place is the London home of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
These are the gardens inside Lambeth Palace. Note the gold tinted Bath stone used in construction — unusual for London.
Across the Thames. The view of the Palace of Westminster from Victoria Tower Gardens.
The famous First World War poet Siegfried Sassoon lived here in Westminster.
Jeremy in the Dean’s Yard, Westminster. We’re right around the corner from Westminster Abbey.
The high, vaulted roof of Westminster Abbey.
First glance of The Tomb of the Unkown Warrior, inside Westminster Abbey.
Close-up of The Tomb of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey. There’s a mirror-image tomb under the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. That’s where I’ll be finishing up the walk on October 31st.
Tomorrow: Stage 2: Monuments and Memorials
Meindl Boot Shoot
Category Announcements, Marketing, New Routes, Press & Publicity, R & D, The Western Front Expedition, Upcoming
Date 4 Sep 2014
Well, this blog has been quiet for a few years, hasn’t it?
In preparation for the next big English Country Walks trip — The Western Front Expedition — I went out to grab a new pair of boots.
I’ve had luck with this brand before, so I decided to try the Meindl Bhutan MFS this time:
Thanks to Marco and the staff at Cotswold Covent Garden for your help!
Links:
Cotswold Outdoor
Meindl