Snapped As I Cycled By....

[poliphilo]

These landscapes a little to the north of the area that got fought over in the Great War, but they're comparably flat and loamy. It's not hard to imagine the state they'd be reduced to if you pounded them with heavy artillery for a few days.

Comments

[oakmouse]

*nods* Ditto for Waterloo; the soldiers complained about the heavy soft mud and the way the water pooled and stood after the rains the night before the battle. The growing grain didn't do much to help them, except provide bedding of a sort.

Very evocative photos!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thanks. We had been planning to go to Waterloo, but the battlefield tours had been shut down so they could do maintenance work on the site.

[oakmouse]

Well, hopefully you'll be able to go next time you're in Belgium. I hope to get there some day myself.