Places of Flanders Fields (2) : Yser to Plugstreet timelapse
Relics and remains of World War One are still to be seen in belgian Flanders area. This is where fierce fighting were held and where hundreds of thousands soldiers from France, Belgium, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, India... were fallen. Places of remembrance are numerous along the old front line stretching from the North Sea (Yser river) to the Ypres Salient and the french border.
This timelapse movie shows an overview of some Flanders Fields places of interest : Ramskapelle observation post, german bunker Dodengang Diksmuide, Yorkshire Trench and Dugout Boezinge, Hill 63 Plugstreet(Ploegsteert), The Tunneler Wijtschate, Pool of Peace Wijtschate, Ziegler bunker Boezinge, Mesen church, Prowse Point cemetery Plugstreet, Berks Cemetery memorial Plugstreet, Indian monument Menen gate Ypres, Welsh memorial Langemark, Spanbroekmolen cemetery Wijtschate, Buttes cemetery Zonnebeke, Canadian Monument Passendaele, New Zealand Memorial Mesen, New zealand soldier Mesen, Loker War monument, Irish Peace Park Mesen, Ramskapelle belgian war graves, Potyze french cemetery Ypres, Loker church, Black Swatch monument Zonnebeke, Memorial Stone Charles Sciascia Warneton, Bedford House cemetery Zillebeke.
Base of IJzertoren, Diksmuide, Belgium, 2015-03-30
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SeaMeCycle 2 - A Ride to Remember
SeaMeCycle 2: Riding for Remembrance through Northern France and West Flanders
Five hundred kilometers, 2 countries in 7 days with 8 people. That is the plan for the SeaMeCycle 2 tour.
Howest journalism interns, staff and supporters from 2Seas Interreg projects SeaMedia and Bike Friendly Cities start the remembrance ride on Tuesday the 10th of June at Le Grand Mix in Tourcoing, France at 13:30*.
With stops in Fiefs, Neufchatel-Hardelot, Boulogne sur Mer, Wimereux and Dunkirk, France as well as Merkem, Kemmel and Kortrijk, Belgium, the SeaMeCycle 8 invites everyone to join the tour at any point along the way.
Like the first SeaMeCycle tour in October 2013, part 2 aims to raise awareness that people can travel by bike cheaply and healthily from city to city and country to country, enjoying the ride with friends, colleagues and cyclists of all levels, connecting with the forces of nature and learning about the regions they pass through. SeaMeCycle 2 also puts the focus on remembering and observing history by reflecting on WWI along the way.
While on route, the SeaMeCycle 8 will capture stories from the road via video, photo and audio reports that will draw attention to cycling and remembrance tourism. The tour will include stops at the Bike Friendly Cities conference in Boulogne sur Mer on the 12th of June, where the SeameCycle team will present videos made during their previous tour. Familiar faces from the first tour will join them the following night at the Leffrinckoucke bunkers in Dunkirk for an audio-visual evening of video-mapping. After that, they will spend 2 days exploring many WWI-related places in West Flanders, including the Peace Tower in Diksmuide, Messines Peace Village and the Menen Gate in Ieper for the nightly Last Post ceremony.
Follow the SeaMeCycle 2 tour via:
facebook.com/SeaMeCycle
twitter.com/SeaMeCycle
(cycling route)
(videos from SeaMeCycle 1)
For more information, contact Sarah Markewich from SeaMedia Howest: sarah.markewich[at]howest.be
*The cycling tour will leave The Studios at Howest in Kortrijk, Belgium at 11:00 to ride together to Tourcoing, France for the official start. All are welcome to join them from Kortrijk as well. If interested, contact Sarah Markewich for details.
ANZAC Day Dawn Service at the Long Tan Cross - April 2013. *Best overall coverage
Frank O'Brien (FrankO) has been recording most visits to Long Tan (ANZAC Day & Battle of Long Tan Day) since 1989 ...he knows where to position camera for best effect/coverage! Pre-dawn activities, silenced crowd, bugles, anthems, wreaths and the sounds of nature at dawn ...were you there?
FRANKO'S Rail Tours of VIETNAM conduct up to 7 private charter rail tours through Vietnam every year between late March to early November ...all tours offer the option of a 24 hour (overnight) visit to Vung Tau, Nui Dat, Baria and The Long Tan Cross.
Full details at our website: frankosvietnam.com
FRANKO'S tour videos of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos are available here on youtube.