Looking on the map, the small town of Puchevillers was not far out of our way as we headed for Sailly-Flibeaucourt and the Chateau des Lys. Two Creswick diggers are buried in the British Cemetery in Puchevillers, and although we have visited them before, it was an extremely rushed visit as the hire car was due back pronto. Find the graves, quick photo and we were gone. Caelli and I decided to stop here and spend some time with Archibald Anderson and Francis Craymore Whitfield.
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| It's a large cemetery with over 2000 graves |
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| A Anderson |
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| Caelli is visible through the arch |
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| F C Whitfield |
We tried to get a photo with both graves in it. They're not close together. I'm standing behind F C Whitfield, and Caelli is with A Anderson. She's against the white pillar at the back left of the photo.
The cemetery was part of a hospital, which is why the gravestones are so close together.
We arrived at the Chateau des Lys and were met by Tim, our host. The Chateau was built in the 18th century and has two wings running parallel back from the the front facade. Tim and his family live in the left wing; the guest rooms are in the right wing on the first floor.
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| We spent a fair bit of time in this lovely, enclosed verandah |
Down the back of the property there's a couple of ponds, complete with ducks, mostly ones I hadn't seen before. (I found out later that they'd had their wings clipped, but oh, well...)
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| Pochard |
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| Widgeon |
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| Teal |
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| White-fronted Goose |
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