We went to Albert to see the Thiepval memorial. This was prompted by the description in the book Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks of a character approaching the memorial; we wanted to replicate the drive. This is a building of scale, dominating the countryside for miles. It contains the names of over 72000 British fatalities whose bodies were never found, most of whom died in 5 months in 1916.
There are war graves all over Picardie and we visited quite a few, many of which were small but still beautifully maintained. There are numerous museums but the one that stood out for us was in Peronne; I think it was the longest we have ever spent in one museum, fascinated by its story of the battle of the Somme/
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