Battle of Somme- France

Saturday 7 Jan 2006
It was a standard winter day when we visited the western front (in Nomandy - france) of the first world war. It was cold about -1 degree. It was snowing a little and my toes were frozen. We saw a memorial for the Australian soldiers who fought there. I walked up and down the grave stones and saw so many 'unknown'. I spotted one stone that had the age and birth date of one of my close friends...and then i really stopped and paused on what these guys missed out on when they fought for freedom so far away from home. Soldiers that are fighting in conditions we never have at home. In snow and wet clay mud and km of unknown battle grounds.
They have a preserved 'ditch' i got to walk through and for ages there are no trees....just vally's of not much.