World War 1 west front zone
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 37.42 mi
- Elevation gain
- 945 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 945 ft
- Max elevation
- 283 ft
- TrailRank
- 35
- Min elevation
- 283 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- 3 hours 49 minutes
- Coordinates
- 9417
- Uploaded
- November 9, 2020
- Recorded
- November 2020
near La Hutte, Wallonia (Belgique)
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Itinerary description
This bike trip brings you from Ploegsteert via lots of WW1 cemeteries and memorials to the giant Tyn Cot cemetery where more than 13000 soldiers rest, more than 8000 unknown.
Picture 1 Menenpoort Ieper
Picture 2 Christmas Truce memorial Ploegsteert.
Picture 3 Spanbroekmolen bomb crater. On this hill the Germans had a big bunker overlooking the whole area. The British dug a 500 meter long tunnel from their trenches to under the bunker and they dynamited the bunker from underneath.
Picture 4 Tyn Cot cemetery Zonnebeke
Picture 5 memorial in Mesen from the Christmas Truce in Ploegsteert when the Germans and the Brits climbed out of their trenches and played a football game.
Picture 6 Wieltje Farm cemetery.
Picture 1 Menenpoort Ieper
Picture 2 Christmas Truce memorial Ploegsteert.
Picture 3 Spanbroekmolen bomb crater. On this hill the Germans had a big bunker overlooking the whole area. The British dug a 500 meter long tunnel from their trenches to under the bunker and they dynamited the bunker from underneath.
Picture 4 Tyn Cot cemetery Zonnebeke
Picture 5 memorial in Mesen from the Christmas Truce in Ploegsteert when the Germans and the Brits climbed out of their trenches and played a football game.
Picture 6 Wieltje Farm cemetery.
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