We’ve got some temporary new neighbours at present.

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Peronne Road Cemetery, Somme, earlier.

Rainbow at Carnoy, Somme, earlier this afternoon.

Quarry Cemetery, Montauban, this afternoon.

Point 110 Old Military Cemetery, Somme, yesterday.

Field of the Cloth of Gold Memorial, south of Calais, yesterday.

A spot of First World War research at The National Archives.

The Cloth Hall, Ypres, yesterday and Saturday.

Tyne Cot Cemetery, Ypres, yesterday.

Cross of Sacrifice at Hooge Crater Cemetery, yesterday.

Sanctuary Wood, Ypres, yesterday.

First World War tunnel at Sanctuary Wood Trench Museum yesterday.

Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood, yesterday.

The Menin Gate, Ypres on Saturday night.

Gallery at the Menin Gate, Ypres on Saturday afternoon.

Zuydcoote Military Cemetery on the French coast contains over 300 First World War casualties.

German First World War plot in Zuydcoote French National Cemetery on Saturday.

Zuydcoote French National Cemetery on the French coast.

Rochester First World War Memorial, behind the Cathedral.

Rare Queen Victoria Green post box on Rochester High Street.

Rochester Cathedral yesterday and the First World War Royal Marines Memorial.

The splendid Rochester Castle, yesterday.

Knaresborough First World War Memorial. Situated within the grounds of Knaresborough Castle, high on the cliff, overlooking the River Nidd.

Knaresborough Castle, Yorkshire, yesterday. Built by the Normans and given by King Edward II to his “favourite” Piers Gaveston in the 14th Century.

@tomisitt.bsky.social - Just arrived in the post! Can’t wait to start reading it!

The Holocaust Memorial in Berlin.

A lovely couple of in Berlin.

Sections of the Berlin Wall in the last couple of days.

The Neue Wache in Berlin is the tomb of the German unknown soldier from the First World War. The sculpture Mother with her Dead Son is by Käthe Kollwitz. Who sculpted The Grieving Parents which is in Vladslo German Cemetery in Belgium.

St. Cyril and Methodius Cathedral, where the incredibly brave Prague Parachutists had their last stand after the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich in the Second World War.

Prague, yesterday!

Highlights from a Prague Tram Journey!

The Prague Castle Obelisk, which commemorates all the Czechs and Slovaks who died in the First World War.

The Anglo-Saxon crypt at St Wystan's Church, Repton, Derbyshire was believed to hold the remains of several Kings of Mercia.

The Shambles, York, last night.

Finally got to see the paintings by John Atkinson Grimshaw at Leeds Art Gallery!

Visited Tate Britain on Sunday to see the excellent Lee Miller exhibition and spotted some First World War paintings in another gallery by official war artists.

Winter sunlight on the Thames at Vauxhall earlier.

Nice little ceremony at Waterloo Station, just now.

Some of the First World War Memorials in Barton Under Needwood, yesterday.

Rare night out in central London!

The Viking North exhibition at the Yorkshire Museum in York, is great! Highly recommended!!

Quick trip to York!

Graves of Chinese Labour Corps casualties at Gwalia Cemetery, Ypres on Sunday.

Gwalia Cemetery, Ypres on Sunday.

Godezonne Farm Cemetery, south of Ypres on Sunday.

The Cloth Hall, Ypres on Sunday evening.

Suffolk Cemetery, Ypres on Sunday.

Headstones at Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm), Ypres, this morning.