Excellent tour. Excellent presentation. Thank you! :notworthy

I assume Norman was compensated well.

What would we do without Norman! - suitably rewarded, I assure you...!

I saw the pictures yesterday cyclefrance and fell in love with the place. I Imagine how much more beautiful in real life.*sigh* I would imagine I would be rendered speachless.

Generally the English have mixed feelings about France and the French - I suppose in history we have fought them too often and when we did then it was for too long. When we have been on the same side it hasn't always been the most happy of relationships.

But one thing no-one will deny is that France is a beautiful country. In fact every region has its own charm and character. The French are very protective of their way of life and traditions. Something we English didn't at first understand but I now think we perhaps envy. The country is big enough to retain its rural identity, even though in many towns and cities innovation and technology are evident and accepted.

The Somme area is as lovely as any. The fact that it also hosts so many momuments and cemeteries to the First World War in a way sends an even stronger message to its inhabitants to make them now want to protect and sustain the beauty of their region's countryside even more.