DAY 1:
Local departure by coach then onwards to Amiens for a four-night stay.

DAY 2: Forgotten Truce, Gommecourt and The Pals at Serre (included)
Walk 1:
We begin at Hannescamps, studying the forgotten truce of 1915. Then by the front lines to Foncquevillers seeing the area from the ‘Little Z’ to Gommecourt Wood.
Walk 2:
From Hébuterne to Touvent Farm to see where Roland Leighton, fiancé of the author Vera Brittain was killed in 1915. On to the Serre battlefield seeing preserved trenches, Sheffield Memorial Park and end at the spot where the poet Wilfred Owen was in a captured German dugout in the ‘Heidenkopf’ in 1917. B

DAY 3: Mine Craters, the Green Howards & War Poets (included)
Walk 3:
We begin at the huge crater at Lochnagar. Then by Sausage Valley to the ground above Contalmaison where we study the attack into the village by the Green Howards. At Bell’s Redoubt we learn about Donald Simpson Bell, the only professional footballer to be awarded the VC, then to The Quadrangle, where Siegfried Sassoon fought, ending at Mametz village.
Walk 4:
Walk the ground above Mametz where war poets Graves and Sassoon served. We see the Citadel and Point 110, and look at Sassoon’s Military Cross action. We then follow the story of the Devonshires, and the heroic actions of their poet William Hodgson, and end with the German perspective on the battle on the edge of Mametz village. B

DAY 4: Guards Division (included) Wellington Tunnels (optional)
Walk 5:
From Ginchy across the ground taken by the Guards in September 1916. In the afternoon join our optional tour which visits the Wellington Tunnel System at Arras. B

Please Note: the Wellington Tunnels are accessible to visitors of all abilities. The tunnel system is reached by a lift, and there are wooden walk-ways throughout.

DAY 5:
To Calais, and return home. B

Included Meals: B=Breakfast 

• FREE local joining points

• Travel by executive coach
• Specialist Battlefields Guide

• 5 Battlefield walks Each walk is approximately 3-4 hours

• 4 nights' accommodation with continental breakfast

Note: Entrance fees to museums & places of interest are at extra cost

You will stay for four nights at the 2-star Express by Holiday Inn Amiens. The hotel is centrally located and offers a bar, breakfast room and lift. There are a variety of bars and restaurants within walking distance. All bedrooms have T.V., telephone and tea/coffee-making facilities.

Prices are per person, based on two sharing. Extras • Optional excursions • Single room supplement £109 • Travel insurance from £31.95

Prices are per person, based on two sharing. Extras • Optional excursions • Single room supplement £109 • Travel insurance from £31.95