FR16 - Day 6
Today is pet passport day. A drive into Abbeville where the TomTom took us straight to the door.
We were very early and so we parked, again free, and went for a walk around a garden before a coffee.
Abbeville can't be confused with an interesting city centre. The town hall looks like it was styled on an ancient design with a tower but in white concrete....
The church is old though. Still ugly.
We had time for a pannini and then it was gone 3pm. The short walk to the vets gave Claire a chance to pop into a boulangerie and buy a meringue for after dinner.
The nice lady vet checked Reggie over and filled in his passport and gave him the worming tablet. He thought it was a treat and gobbled it down. We left ten minutes later and €30.10 lighter in the pocket but with the passport filled in to get him back into the UK.
On the way back to the campsite I saw a sign for a WW1 military cemetery dedicated to Chinese workers. This one at Noyelles has 811 registered burials.
Later I Googled it to find that the allies employed 96000 Chinese workers during the course of the war. Many of these graves show no names but others have names in English and Chinese.
The traditional entrance has been replaced with a Chinese style arch. Still designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens. The architect of many British memorials.
The inscription is by the Chinese ambassador in Paris at the time.
Another night in after a stop at the supermarket for beer and some dinner.
Tonight Reggie encountered his first hedgehog. A bit of barking and lunging at it ended up with the hog in a prickly ball and Reggie having to be tugged away.
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| Noyelles Chinese Cemetery from front |
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| Rear of Lutyens gate |
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| Only a number.... |
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