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http://perso.wanadoo.fr/info-running-pic/
Roger Grognot is the Somme Marathon’s Technical Director. His site is really useful for all runners

www.tourisme-albert.net
Albert’s Tourist Information Centre

www.ville-albert.fr
Plenty of information about the town of Albert. You can ask questions or leave messages here too.

www.avrilwilliams.com
Avril Williams has Guest Accommodation, a Tea Room/Café, together with a real trench in her garden - all near the Canadian Memorial Park. Worth a visit!

cf.geocities.com/bed_and_breakfast_bernafay_wood

Mr & Mrs Matte welcome you to their Guest Accommodation on the battlefields.

www.somme-battlefields.com
An excellent site full of really useful information for any visitor to the Somme.

The Somme Trench Museum in Albert has three websites in three languages. If you have trouble reaching one of them just try a different one. They are all linked, so click on the relevant flag for the site you want to visit. The sites are all different as they contain specific information for French, German and Anglophone tourists.:
www.somme-trench-museum.co.uk

www.somme-tourisme.com
The Comité du Tourisme in Amiens.

www.picardiepauses.co.uk
General tourist information

www.alafermedelcour.com
Charming farm with guest accommodation. Special facilities for gps of children.

www.fifa.com.fr
This is The International Wildlife Film Festival’s site. The Festival takes place in Albert every year in March.

www.cwgc.org
Here you can find information about soldiers who fell in the two world wars. You will also get very detailed information on all the British Cemeteries.

www.volksbund.de
The German War Graves Commission

www.somme-normandy-tours.com
Colin Gillard is a British Battlefield Guide who lives near Albert. He also runs B & B accommodation with his wife Lisa in Martinpuich.
For more information telephone: 0033 (0) 6 87 43 10 49 / (0)6 86 93 59 54 or see our Accommodation page.

www.helicosomme.net & www.ensomme.net
Helicopter flights over the Somme battlefields and information about the café at Beaucourt Station, also known as Poppy Valley Station, which lay just behind the German Front Line during the Battle of the Somme.

www.pfk-languages.com
British teacher based in Albert.

Translations and Language Courses in English, French or German.

Specific Guided Tours related to WW1 in three languages.


www.letommy.com
Regular visitors to the Somme are fond of this WW1 café situated in Pozières. There is a reconstitution of a battlefield in the back garden which is well worth looking at.

www.guide-books.co.uk
This is Major and Mrs Holt’s website. It gives information about their wonderful guide books and maps covering the Western Front and other WW1 battle zones together with the Landing Beaches of WW2. You can get information on their books and how to purchase them. If you are spending time in the Somme it is well worth getting a copy of their map and guide book. The information is clear and detailed.


www.conseils-courseapied.com
A site in French that gives advice to runners.

For more information, or if you want to be added to the links page, Contact :


Paula Kesteloot – Website author and translator

kesteloot.flanagan.paula@wanadoo.fr


Michaël & Sandra Cambray-Riche – Webmaster

m.cambray@paysducoquelicot.com

site en français

 

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