A little outside of the town of Iepers is the town of Passchendaele. There we visited another very interesting museum with a very realistic dugout experience, where you descend some very steep steps into a quite scary series of rooms, which can barely be described as rooms. Iain had gone ahead of the two of us and he was noticeably spooked by the environment.
From the museum we went off to Tyne Cot Cemetery and then to the first of three Canadian War Memorials. Tyne Cot Cemetery was the biggest and best cared for cemetery we saw with another informative Visitors Centre. The flowers planted in this cemetery were gorgeous. The cemetery is built around 3 german pill boxes that still stand.
Just beyond the Tyne Cot Cemetery was the Canadian War Memorial for those that died at Passchendaele - about an acre, set up on a rise, surrounded by Maple trees and a wonderful view of the vicinity.
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