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

[ron-broxted.livejournal.com]

Hill 60 is a mere bump in the road. Flooding was always a problem in the trenches. Each year half a dozen Flemish farmers die after ploughing up live ammo.

[veronica-milvus.livejournal.com]

I like the photos. Very... stripy.

[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!

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

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