Three ready-made itineraries and one built to order. The difference between them is not really how much ground they cover — it is how long you have, how often you want to change hotels, and whether there is a particular man you are going to find.
Most people come because of somebody. If you know roughly where he died, that settles the sector for you: the Ypres Salient is Belgian Flanders and covers the fighting around Ypres from 1914 to 1918, and the Somme is northern France and mostly 1916. If he is commemorated on the Menin Gate, go to Flanders. If he is one of the names at Thiepval, go to the Somme.
If you do not know, or if he served on both, that is what the four-day tour and the custom tour are for.
£300per household
Two days in Belgian Flanders, based in Ypres and driving yourself. One town, one hotel, and everything within easy reach of it.
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£300per household
Two days in northern France. The first day works south from Calais through Loos, Vimy Ridge and Arras; the second is the ground of the first day of the Somme.
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£500per household
Both sectors in one run. Two nights in Ypres for the Salient, then south into France for two more on the Somme, with the crossing between them planned rather than improvised.
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Personal quote
One soldier's war followed from start to finish, a long weekend, a fortnight, or a sector none of the three standard tours goes near. Peter plans it, researches the man if there is one, and prices it for you.
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A written itinerary as a PDF, emailed to you. It is a document, not a trip: you book and pay for your own travel, your own hotels and your own meals. The packs recommend the hotels, restaurants and bars Peter has used himself, and he recommends rather than books. The ground each tour covers is set out place by place on the places pages.
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