ETA: 45 minutes until we will be back at Eggar's #TravelUpdate #HopkinsSmithTours
Traffic permitting, we should be back at Eggar's by 1915 ๐ค over an hour earlier than planned! We will send another updated ETA here and via students when we are an hour away #HopkinsSmithTours #TravelUpdate
We have arrived back in England, huzzah! There is a planned pit stop and then we will provide an updated ETA here and via students #HopkinsSmithTours #HomewardBound
And we are boarding the train, first in line today! #HopkinsSmithTours #HomewardBound
Next stop, Calais to catch the train home ๐ #HopkinsSmithTours #ChooChoo #HomewardBound
Day 3, Stop 4: Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, over 10,000 burials and among them are American and German soldiers, Chinese volunteers and Staff Nurse Nelly Spindler who is 1 of 2 women buried in Belgium #HopkinsSmithTours #WeWillRemember
Day 3, Stop 3: Essex Farm Cemetery and Advanced Dressing Station, where John McRae was inspired to write the poem 'In Flanders Field' and the youngest British soldier is buried #HopkinsSmithTours ##WeWillRemember #InFlandersField
Free time in Ypres means a sit down and coffee for the staff! What a dream team who have thoroughly enjoyed the trip so far #HopkinsSmithTours #CuppaandChat
Day 2, Stop 6: The Last Post Ceremony at Menin Gate with the wreath laying for Eggar's - we really shine for all to see when publicly paying the utmost respect to the missing #HopkinsSmithTours #BestDressed #WeAreEggars
Day 2, Stop 4: Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial Park where we got to hear a personal story from a Canadian student who works at the site on a voluntary service year - we could have listened all day! #HopkinsSmithTours #HistoryInAction
Day 2, Stop 3: Ulster Tower as the backdrop to a spot of luncheon #HopkinsSmithTours #LunchWithAView
Whoops, we had so much to do and were having too much fun that I forgot to post! A quick recap of our day is coming up ... #HopkinsSmithTours #DontGiveUpTheDayJob #JammedPackedHistory
First stop of the day: Vimy Ridge, Canadian Memorial to the Battle of Arras #HopkinsSmithTours #WeWillRemember