Hi Guys, once again I am going to do my now annual photo thread of my trip to Arnhem. The past 12 months have gone very quickly and I cannot believe that yet another year is over?
This trip was my 11th to Arnhem for the commemorations and I have not missed a year since 1994. My stay was for only 5 days, so I don't have as many photos as last year.
As usual I traveled in my 1942 Ford GPW Airborne Jeep. Total distance driven for the round trip was 779 miles; all done without any problems
We set off on the Weds afternoon with a steady drive to Harwich for the overnight ferry. This is the longest part of the journey for us and takes about 5 hours. At the port I met up with friends and we formed a 3 Jeep convoy. After a meal and a few beers we got a few hours sleep ready for an early docking at 7.30am. The drive to the small village of Beek (just outside Nijmegen) where we stay took about two and a half hours. Up until now the weather was fine and sunny and I did not even have the canvas roof on the Jeep. Once we had checked in and unpacked we decided to go to the Liberation Museum at Groesbeek which is only a few miles from our hotel. So my first photos are from the museum. I had not been there for 3 years and I found the museum had changed a lot. There was a very different feel to the place. The photo shows a BD blouse made for a little girl which she wore during the Liberation celebrations in 1945. There was a Glenngary cap as well with this and a photo of her wearing it. I thought this was a great exhibit.
Cheers, Ade.
This trip was my 11th to Arnhem for the commemorations and I have not missed a year since 1994. My stay was for only 5 days, so I don't have as many photos as last year.
As usual I traveled in my 1942 Ford GPW Airborne Jeep. Total distance driven for the round trip was 779 miles; all done without any problems
We set off on the Weds afternoon with a steady drive to Harwich for the overnight ferry. This is the longest part of the journey for us and takes about 5 hours. At the port I met up with friends and we formed a 3 Jeep convoy. After a meal and a few beers we got a few hours sleep ready for an early docking at 7.30am. The drive to the small village of Beek (just outside Nijmegen) where we stay took about two and a half hours. Up until now the weather was fine and sunny and I did not even have the canvas roof on the Jeep. Once we had checked in and unpacked we decided to go to the Liberation Museum at Groesbeek which is only a few miles from our hotel. So my first photos are from the museum. I had not been there for 3 years and I found the museum had changed a lot. There was a very different feel to the place. The photo shows a BD blouse made for a little girl which she wore during the Liberation celebrations in 1945. There was a Glenngary cap as well with this and a photo of her wearing it. I thought this was a great exhibit.
Cheers, Ade.
The fabric is long gone and the metal work has been nicley restored in places.
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