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.

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[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

There must have been a lot of rain recently?
Or is bog-like the natural state of the land?

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Flanders is very low-lying- and much of it is reclaimed marshland. It is kept habitable by a system of dykes and canals.