Vierdaagse Day 3 - Poperinge

A much shorter commute this morning, just a 20 minute coach west of Ypres to Poperinge. Pretty early on in the walk we passed Nine Elms CWGC of nearly 1600 burials, mostly from WWI. The day's walking was a little less flat than the first two, but still not exactly hilly. We were also lucky with the weather with slightly cooler temperatures, at least for the most part. Poperinge is hop-country and we passed numerous hop farms as we walked. We stopped off for a beer at around the 10km mark and were there just in time to watch the para drop again, before heading into the out-skirts of Poperinge for the final stretch in.

Poperinge itself was behind Allied lines in WWI and often where soldiers recuperated. It is also home to the Shot at Dawn Memorial, with at least four soldiers shot at dawn here by their own side. We visited the memorial and the cell which contains graffiti left by those who were kept here (not all of whom were shot at dawn).

Beer Index (Poperinge) - €5.30/0.5lRead more