Ignore the pigs of war and eat pork.
Half past four and another stage complete. Such a peaceful walk from Arras to Bapaume, passing Sunken Road and Gomiécourt (stopping for lunch) commonwealth war graves. On leaving Gomiécourt I said thank you and sorry to those buried there. It was cold when I left Arras, but blue skies from east to west, by afternoon still bright looking down on these corpses. What were we thinking marching to Tipperary to get our bodies ripped asunder? The highlight of today was passing an exposed shell and two grenades, one British and one German, corroding in the mud. I moved the German grenade with my foot gingerly - and thought better of that action ... You never know with explosives? Not after 100 years for sure! Just before I happened along this cache of armaments I was lost in thought. Deep in the ego resisting this walking. As I gave it a stern telling off, and began with another lesson from the Course, out of my mental haze stood these horrors. Obviously with that much death and des...