Forgotten kit!

One of the boys has left their iPad on the boat so we are a little delayed as the ship's Purser searches for it. Arrival time at school approximately 12.45pm.

Overall the boys have been superb

Room with a view

A beautiful morning on the Humber!


Due to dock at 09.00am. Arrival time at Crosby depends on Passport control. Last year took 2 hours to get through.

On the way to the ferry at Zeebrugge having visited Ypres for the last time.

Enjoying the sunshine and tour at Vimy

We have been very busy at Vimy and the boys have been immaculately behaved.

The Tunnels at Vimy Ridge

Very informative tour of tunnels by Canadian Post Graduate students

The Jam

In the words of Paul Weller, we are now 'going underground' in the Vimy tunnels.

Vimy Ridge in the sunshine

Breakfast at the Oasis

The boys slept about 7 hours last night!








The weather is beautiful this morning.

Douvrin n. France

17 a side football after the evening meal!

Final stop of the day

Delville Wood, the South African Museum and Memorial on the Somme. A series of beautiful bronzes.

A very large hole in the ground at the Lochnagar Crater. A huge mine under the German front.

The Missing of the Somme

The boys have been looking at surnames at the Thiepval Memorial

Newfoundland Park, where a regiment from Canada fought in 1916

The Somme

Arrived at Serre, where the Accrington Pals went over the top.

Weather forecast

Mr Fawcett is wearing shorts this morning! Other than the obvious problem of his knees, the outlook for today is good.

A wreath was laid to remember an Old Boy Walter Hume and the other 154 Old Boys who lost their lives in WWI

Continental breakfast

Breakfast in Ypres


The boys had about 6 hours sleep. The 90 minute drive to the Somme will give them a snooze opportunity.

Ceremony of the Last Post

Large turnout of Black Watch remembering their contribution to WWI

Chicken n' chips

The boys are hungry, again.

Hill 62

The boys are enjoying looking at the trenches and tunnels of Hill 62








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Tyne Cot

Beautiful and moving scene at the largest Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery.