Number 56 Bed and Breakfast

14/04/2026

Delville Wood Bluebells 14 April 2026

01/03/2026

Happy St.David’s Day. The daffodils are always little rays of sunshine after a long winter, like here at Y Ravine Cemetery.

23/12/2025

May this Christmas be filled with peace, joy, health and happiness. Thank you for all the joy you have brought to us this year. Wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas! Joyeux Noël! 🎄🎁🎅🧑‍🎄

13/12/2025

When the sun meets cloud on a Somme December day the contrasts are beautiful. Today it was as if Old Jock at Newfoundland Park was surveying beloved Highland mountains. La a’ bhlair ‘s math na Cairdean. Friends are good on the day of battle.

26/11/2025

Thank you James and Jake for your visit, comradeship and for visiting The Somme at this time of year, braving the wintry elements just as the lads did 109 years ago. Your visits always inspire us and safe onward.

So the sun sets on my last visit of the year to the Old front line.

I was in great company with and we went through all 4 seasons in a few days. Snow, Sun, Rain and wind. Many miles covered in both the Ypres Salient and the Somme.

Thanks once again to David and Julie .fifty6 for their usual amazing hospitality and culinary delights.

Until next year….

20/11/2025

On a cold but clear November afternoon as the sun goes down, no better place to visit than Caterpillar Valley Cemetery. The light here at this time of year is always exquisite. A beautiful resting place for those who lie within these hallowed walls.

21/08/2025

A usual walk became something quite extraordinary today. A favourite of ours is Grove Town Cemetery, Meaulte, with its big Somme skies, stunning views and of course the lads who lie there with their stories to be told. As we visited, we witnessed several flypasts by La Patrouille de France, practicing for this weekend’s Albert International Airshow. Our own private Airshow - well shared with the lads of course.

15/08/2025

A great article here as we reflect on VJ Day. Geoff and Esther stay with us when they are researching the Somme "Pughs." The story of some of the Pughs picked up by our dear friend and journalist Andy Lines for the Mirror.

Ahead of the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, historian Geoff Pugh has tracked down the graves of every person called Pugh who died in WW2 and WW1 including two brothers who were Japanese Prisoner of War.

21/07/2025

Join us tomorrow 22 July as we livestream the rededications of the Houston Wallace and Nine Brave Men Memorials in Bazentin. 10.45am French time. Thanks to Stephen Benson and The Cheshire Roll of Honour with other volunteers and the support of the Maire of Bazentin.
Cheshire Roll of Honour Office de Tourisme Pays du Coquelicot Somme Battlefield Pipe Band