Leger Battlefield Tour

[Gary]

Anyone been on one of Ledger Battlefield tours? What's your opinion if you have

[adderman]

Hi Gary.

Met a few people on them while doing my own family tour of Flanders and the Somme pre-Covid.
Everyone aboard seemed to praise them highly, good knowledgeable guides etc.
None of the 'right that's so and so, back on the coach then we go to...' that some operators do.

Would recommend the Menin Gate ceremony in Ypres(every night at 2000L).
It's really moving, same as at Thiepval.

I've just looked on Leger's site, I never knew they did this many different tours though.

[Freeman Lowell]

Hi Gary, me and Mrs Kipling have done a couple of good Battlefield tours with Leger. Both were guided by mutton-chops Gary, as it happened.The first might have been All Quiet on the Western Front, and we chose that because it went near a CWG cemetery that one of Mrs Kipling's relatives is interred in and where we wanted to lay a wreath.. We thought we might use some free time to taxi over to it, but Gary adjusted the routing and added it in to the itinerary and used it as a focus for another descripton of the fighting. The second was a WWI Beer and Battlefield one, but I don't remember as much about that one...
If you do choose to go, think carefully about your pick-up point as travelling from distance points via multiple transfers to Dover can be arduous. We drove to Stop24 and left the car there thus saving a few hours each way.
Freeman

[Gary]

Thanks for the replies

I've done Yres Menin Gate etc during previous visits to Belgium. The one that's peaked my interest is the Air War Europe: Colditz, Dambusters & the Great Escape. Which just happens to visit Möhne Dam on the 83rd anniversary on the raid. Ie a year today

Après moi, le déluge

[iainpeden]

Gary, going west, the Normandy beaches are really accessible and don’t need an organised tour. Each beach has its own museum and each museum has a different focus.
We had a fascinating week out there in 2019; pm me if you ever want details.

[Gary]

Sorry for the delay completely forgot about this thread. I did Normady during last years 80th anniversary. We are planning on going back in future as we only just scratched the surface.

Going to do Understanding the Holocaust, Auschwitz, Kraków & Schindler’s Factory by Air. Have to wait until next year now. Running short on Holidays

[Freeman Lowell]

Hi Gary,
We stayed in Krakow, not too far from the Royal Castle earlier this month. Didn't find Schindler's museum what we expected it to be - more about Krakow under Nazi occupation than Schindler's work saving hundreds of lives.
If you're looking for somewhere to eat one night, we can recommend The Black Duck restaurant on Poselska - good food, good service, good prices, but you will need to book.
Freeman