Not strictly Enfield, but I thought......

[Roger Payne]

these might be of interest. We all have preconceptions of the carnage of the Western Front; as many photographs from the time testify, but the Somme is now a beautiful place to behold. The photo's of the woodland are of High Wood, one of the most dangerous places on Earth in the High Summer & Autumn of 1916, & still supposed to contain anything up to 8,000 unrecovered British & German soldiers. In Summertime it is now quite stunning - though notice the gentle undulations amongst the bluebells - the infamous German 'Switch Line' exited the wood just at this point. And of course the shell craters are still there in their hundreds. The views of the river valley are of The Somme itself, photographed from The Belvedere at Vaux. This was in the French sector in 1916, but was subsequently taken over by the British after the German withdrawal to The Hindenburg Line.

I hope people find them of interest.

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