UK_Widowmaker 571 Posted May 11, 2012 He's off to St Omer, for a four day school trip...revisiting Ypes, the Somme etc, for his History Exams! I've instructed him to take as many photo's as possible! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HumanDrone 4 Posted May 11, 2012 And we're instructing you to post them! Geo-tagged, with captions! Hope he has a fun, safe and meaningful trip! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Von Paulus 8 Posted May 11, 2012 Actually, he's lucky because he has a great father. What I know you, Simon, from this forum, I don't doubt it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warthog64 92 Posted May 11, 2012 Wow sounds like an incredible trip, can't wait to see the pics. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shiloh 12 Posted May 11, 2012 Maybe they need chaperones? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
UK_Widowmaker 571 Posted May 11, 2012 Actually, he's lucky because he has a great father. What I know you, Simon, from this forum, I don't doubt it. That's very kind...thank you Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olham 164 Posted May 12, 2012 I wish we would have made such interesting school trips - good luck for your son's journey, Widow, and indeed - we want some photos! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wombat 1 Posted May 12, 2012 I hope he has the same sort of experience I had as a boy when we went on a Boy Scout field trip to Fort Ticonderoga in upstate NY. I was only eight or so, but being there made what happened there all the more real and got me interested in history. Just to add to the day, there was a man working there in the restoration projects who was a history teacher in a nearby high school and he gathered a bunch of us to go on a walkabout outside the fort, down towards the lake. We dug about as he instructed, and found arrow heads and musket balls ourselves! What a day it was, and I wish the same sort of thing for your son. One day I should very much like to visit England and France to do the same thing there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
carrick58 23 Posted May 12, 2012 Wow what a trip for a young un Great Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RAF_Louvert 101 Posted May 13, 2012 . Lucky indeed! No such school trips when I was a boy. "Today children I have something very special planned for you. We're going to take a tour of the cardboard box factory ... again." . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olham 164 Posted May 13, 2012 Hmmm... - mine was actually not SO bad - we went to see the cast iron works in my hometown. (I was one of the last who saw it - only 2 years later it was torn down.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hasse Wind 46 Posted May 13, 2012 . Lucky indeed! No such school trips when I was a boy. "Today children I have something very special planned for you. We're going to take a tour of the cardboard box factory ... again." . I know that feeling. I think we made only one interesting trip during all the years I spent at school. But I had my revenge on the teachers by being an enfant terrible. Widowmaker, your son is indeed lucky. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
