Total mileage by my GPS tracker – 66 Total calories burnt over the 3 days – 12,994 Total steps – 178,588 Piece of cake! admin

Another early start as the coach had to take us from Arras to Langemarck, just to the NE of Ypres. The forecast was rain all day which is probably appropriate for walking across the battlefields of Passchendaele. We started at Langemarck German cemetery, an eerie place at the best of times. Over 44,000 men are …

An 04:37 fire alarm was a rude awakening. No chance of getting back to sleep after that. 07:30 saw us at the German cemetery at Neuville St. Vaast, the moon still high in the sky.  The cemetery contains over 44,000 burials, with many graves containing 2, 3, or 4 soldiers. A short stroll took us …

An early 5am alarm call wasn’t a pleasant surprise, but the time was needed for ablutions, foot prep and breakfast.  On the coach for 6.30am and we were off. 07.28 saw us gathered at the Lochnager Crater, 101 years to the hour when 60,000 Ibs of ammonal were detonated under a German trench system.   A …

Yikes!  Breakfast is at 6am, and the coach to Lochnager Crater (our start point) leaves at 6.30.  Today we visited the Arras Memorial to the missing, over 30,000 men who fell in battle in the area are commemorated who have no known grave. There is also the memorial to the Royal Flying Corps and the …

We’re on our way!  We met up with some of our fellow walkers last night in London, and enjoyed a good meal and a few drinks.  We left Wellington barracks at 08:30 this morning, and are now waiting for our train through the tunnel.  admin

We’ve set this site up so you can follow us as we train and prepare for our epic 100km in 3 days challenge, walking The Western Front in aid of ABF The Soldiers’ Charity.  We’ll add details of out training, our fundraising, and on the walk itself we’ll endeavour to update the blog nightly. In …