5-Day Break

Day 1 – We arrive in Lo and stay for four nights.
Day 2 – Dunkirk (included), Ypres and the Last Post Ceremony (optional). Discover the ‘miracle’ of the withdrawal at Dunkirk and visit the site of the old mole, including the area of the Dunes where the ‘small ships’ came to prominence. Then study the fighting in and around Calais – the ‘Last Stand’ – seeing the museum in Parc St. Pierre, the Citadel, Fort Neuilly, the Cathedral Bunker and Fort Lapin. If you join us on our excursion to Ypres we attend the moving Last Post Ceremony at the magnificent Menin Gate memorial. B
Day 3 – Coastal Defences (included). We examine the sites once containing huge guns and missiles designed to fire directly across to Britain. See sites at Sangatte, Cap Blanc Nez, Cap Gris Nez, the museum at Todt Battery with its immense Railway Gun and the V3 London Cannon site at Mimoyeques. In addition, you’ll visit the V2 complex at Eperlecques. B
Day 4 – Wormhout and Ostend (included). After a visit to the massacre site at Wormhout, we see the little known V1 (‘buzz bomb’) fixed launch area near Hazebrouck, then travel to the Belgian resort of Ostend where the Atlantic Wall Museum summarises the strength of the Festung Europa – Fortress Europe. B
Day 5 – La Coupole (included) We explore this former V2 base and museum, then onto Calais for our return journey home. B

B=Breakfast Br=Brunch L=Lunch D=Dinner

Accommodation
You'll stay for four nights in the historic town of Lo, just over the French border in Belgium at the Hotel Oude Abdij which translates as 'Old Abbey'. This family-run 3-star hotel has a spacious lounge area, bar, restaurant, large patio and lift. All bedrooms have a T.V., telephone and hairdryer.

Extras
Optional Excursions.
Single room supplement £65
Travel Insurance - Standard from £31.95