Thanks for watching and above all taking time to comment I feel better now for having tried 😂 we made a big error not having plan b and c car parks plumbed into the sat nav
Thanks for sharing the story of the war and how the area is being treated today. Very poignant and thought provoking. Stressful in Lille. We would find that drive stressful. 👍😊
Yep major mistake not plumbing in a plan b and c parking place but we lived lol 😂 thanks for watching guys we’re in the freezing temp in Ireland at the moment
@@getawaygeese Pleased you were ok. We were saying how brave you were with winging it whilst abroad. Much more of a challenge with a different language too. Guess it’s one of those things that gets easier the more you do it. Ooh you’re back in Ireland. Look forward to seeing what you get up to. Take care in this cold weather 😊👍
Beautifully put together Stew & Jane. Such a moving story of our boys from Oz. The only good thing about driving in the city is that if you follow the car in front, & they are wrong, you can blame them! But nothing worse than an unexpected festival! 😅. Cheers from Melbourne
Thanks for that it means a lot - we were captivated by the story and heroism but also the diligence of the modern day archaeologists to identify the soldiers they found As for city driving we realised we should of had back up spots plumbed into Google maps Live and learn Thanks for watching
Thanks for explaining the Australian perspective! Although we have visited Europe a few times we are yet to get the Battlefield & cemeteries. Thank you for your lovely vlog & explanations?
Just a small tip, while you are in France be careful if you go to Rouen as there is no ring road there and you have to go right into the city to cross over the Seine, I had a bad experience there one time.
Ahh I see what you eluded to now hide 🙈 Very brave of you going into the city, what a stressy situation. There’d have been many more beeps if that was me 😂 Lovely video, Em 💜
Wow stressful or what!!!! Foreign city driving. Interesting DNA story for you. My ex wife's grandmother was the sister of Professor Sir Alec Jeffrey's Mum. He was the chap who developed genetic fingerprinting and DNA profiling. I met him a few times at family gatherings. A really nice down to Earth bloke. Another great history video. Thanks to you both.😮
Yes our failure was not having preset 2nd 3rd option car parks and you end up driving around getting more stressed lol You would of loved the history at fromelles - do much care Great connection you have and the most brilliant brains are just down to earth ( sone mind you are bonkers ) If you haven’t watched it watch Oppenheimer film it’s long and the first 30 minutes you wonder but then it all starts coming together
@@getawaygeese thanks. Openheimmer is on our watch list and will probably be one for this weekend. It has won a lot of awards at the Emmy's. Some are definitely bonkers 😆
OMG...That's all you need when driving in a strange city, on the wrong side of the road. Meeting an angry French man having to do a three point turn! Well done Stew. Good job you're so stoical 😮🐕🚙
Thanks for sharing all the history with all the sad loss of lives of so many brave young soldiers over a 100 years ago, the most incredible part being of how in recent years most of the soldiers were identified !!! the traffic was equal to a big city.... Keep safe..
Hi Jane and Stew, great informative video, well done keeping calm and stress free, probably the lack of other people not beeping at you contributed to that. Keep them coming.
Thank you for feedback it means a lot …. The fromelles story was a powerful one so difficult to do it justice - we found we really needed Google maps on Jane’s phone because as soon as we were lost we needed to quickly navigate on the hoof
Wow, you guys were brave entering a large city like that on your first trip to Europe. It was a shame considering you got to where you wanted to be 😢 The first part of the video was so moving, you told the story so well. thanks for that. 👍🐸
Thank you for your feedback - we put a lot of effort into the Fromelles part as it was a moving and interesting story that captivated us Yes Lille we thought we had cracked it when we arrived but got the the ‘though shall not pass’ hand signals lol
Enjoyed the history. I felt stressed for you when in Lille. It reminded me why we’ve not been abroad in our van. The park up looked great. Take care Gill
Yep it’s great as it got us to where we wanted but then we realised we needed Google maps on Jane’s phone primed for alternative target parkups - lesson learned Thank you for watching
Really interesting learning about that battle. Always feel grateful for those who fought to keep us free in all conflicts. That was a stressful finish with the parking problems 🫣😁👍
Thanks for your support - a powerful story to capture - as for city parkup we realised we needed Google maps to help as a backup as once we were lost we were quickly in the dark
As a veteran that was very good thank you for your vlog
That means a lot as the story got to us and I wanted to try to get the right tone to the story - Thank-you for watching
I have lived in Normandy for 20 yrs and there are 2 places I wouldn't drive in, Paris and Lille. Both are horrendous so well done for tackling Lille.
Thanks for watching and above all taking time to comment
I feel better now for having tried 😂 we made a big error not having plan b and c car parks plumbed into the sat nav
Thanks for sharing the story of the war and how the area is being treated today. Very poignant and thought provoking.
Stressful in Lille. We would find that drive stressful. 👍😊
Yep major mistake not plumbing in a plan b and c parking place but we lived lol 😂 thanks for watching guys we’re in the freezing temp in Ireland at the moment
@@getawaygeese Pleased you were ok. We were saying how brave you were with winging it whilst abroad. Much more of a challenge with a different language too. Guess it’s one of those things that gets easier the more you do it.
Ooh you’re back in Ireland. Look forward to seeing what you get up to. Take care in this cold weather 😊👍
Beautifully put together Stew & Jane. Such a moving story of our boys from Oz. The only good thing about driving in the city is that if you follow the car in front, & they are wrong, you can blame them! But nothing worse than an unexpected festival! 😅. Cheers from Melbourne
Thanks for that it means a lot - we were captivated by the story and heroism but also the diligence of the modern day archaeologists to identify the soldiers they found
As for city driving we realised we should of had back up spots plumbed into Google maps
Live and learn
Thanks for watching
Great video guys very interesting and respectfully done , thoroughly enjoyed it 😊🚐
Thanks for watching but as ever commenting
Thanks for explaining the Australian perspective!
Although we have visited Europe a few times we are yet to get the Battlefield & cemeteries. Thank you for your lovely vlog & explanations?
Thanks for watching and commenting. I hope you get there in the future as you wont be disappointed. Its mind blowing and very emotional. Jane 😊
Just a small tip, while you are in France be careful if you go to Rouen as there is no ring road there and you have to go right into the city to cross over the Seine, I had a bad experience there one time.
You will see in a future episode a trip into Rouen and we had a few moments lol 😂 thanks for watching
Ahh I see what you eluded to now hide 🙈 Very brave of you going into the city, what a stressy situation. There’d have been many more beeps if that was me 😂 Lovely video, Em 💜
Thanks for watching - we failed because we should of had other parking places plumbed into the satnav or Google maps so a little to unprepared lol 😂
Wow stressful or what!!!! Foreign city driving.
Interesting DNA story for you. My ex wife's grandmother was the sister of Professor Sir Alec Jeffrey's Mum. He was the chap who developed genetic fingerprinting and DNA profiling. I met him a few times at family gatherings. A really nice down to Earth bloke.
Another great history video. Thanks to you both.😮
Yes our failure was not having preset 2nd 3rd option car parks and you end up driving around getting more stressed lol
You would of loved the history at fromelles - do much care
Great connection you have and the most brilliant brains are just down to earth ( sone mind you are bonkers )
If you haven’t watched it watch Oppenheimer film it’s long and the first 30 minutes you wonder but then it all starts coming together
@@getawaygeese thanks. Openheimmer is on our watch list and will probably be one for this weekend. It has won a lot of awards at the Emmy's. Some are definitely bonkers 😆
Great video, my great uncle Nelson Victor Carter got the VC at the battle of Boarshead, the day before the Somme
Wow a proud feeling I am sure - such a tough war not that any are easy but you know what I mean - thanks for sharing that
@@getawaygeese his story is on the internet if you search it, it's makes me very proud.
@stevecarter8846 i will take a look for sure
@stevecarter8846 just read it - what a man - thanks for tgatb
A thought-provoking start, and we feel your stress driving 😅. We park outside cities if possible and bus/ tram in.
We just dived straight in and realised it’s all great until it goes wrong lol 😂
OMG...That's all you need when driving in a strange city, on the wrong side of the road. Meeting an angry French man having to do a three point turn! Well done Stew. Good job you're so stoical 😮🐕🚙
Thanks for watching guys - we realised we should of had Google maps set up with alternative parkups in advance
Thanks for sharing all the history with all the sad loss of lives of so many brave young soldiers over a 100 years ago, the most incredible part being of how in recent years most of the soldiers were identified !!! the traffic was equal to a big city.... Keep safe..
The dna story was amazing and the dedication sone 90 years on was very touching we felt
Thanks for commenting as it means a lot
So sad isn't it that all those young lives were lost. Jane
It's good that they identified the bodies and finally can put a name on the gravestones.
Thanks for sharing
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Yes it was amazing as late as 2008 and then they did so much resource - thanks for watching
Hi Jane and Stew, great informative video, well done keeping calm and stress free, probably the lack of other people not beeping at you contributed to that. Keep them coming.
Thank you for feedback it means a lot …. The fromelles story was a powerful one so difficult to do it justice - we found we really needed Google maps on Jane’s phone because as soon as we were lost we needed to quickly navigate on the hoof
Stayed tuned Colin ! Stress and calm go out of the window in about 3 episodes 😱
Wow, you guys were brave entering a large city like that on your first trip to Europe. It was a shame considering you got to where you wanted to be 😢
The first part of the video was so moving, you told the story so well. thanks for that. 👍🐸
Thank you for your feedback - we put a lot of effort into the Fromelles part as it was a moving and interesting story that captivated us
Yes Lille we thought we had cracked it when we arrived but got the the ‘though shall not pass’ hand signals lol
Enjoyed the history. I felt stressed for you when in Lille. It reminded me why we’ve not been abroad in our van. The park up looked great. Take care Gill
Yep it’s great as it got us to where we wanted but then we realised we needed Google maps on Jane’s phone primed for alternative target parkups - lesson learned
Thank you for watching
Amber filter, you can go but give way if needed
Thanks for confirming - all of these things are ok if your not front of the queue 😂 thanks for watching
Really interesting learning about that battle. Always feel grateful for those who fought to keep us free in all conflicts. That was a stressful finish with the parking problems 🫣😁👍
Thanks for your support - a powerful story to capture - as for city parkup we realised we needed Google maps to help as a backup as once we were lost we were quickly in the dark