I paid a number of visits to the Western Front in World War One in the eighties and nineties, most of them with [Major & Mrs] Holts Battlefield Tours.

These visits were very moving and I often I wrote down my impressions in letters to my father, a veteran of World War Two.

I found some of those letters recently and they brought memories flooding back to me.

Six Days On The Somme 1982: (surely the best ever Holts Tour)

• Going Over The Top and The Riqueval Bridge
• Harry Evans' Strong Voice, Adventures With Major Mac And The New Zealand Volunteer

Six Days In Ypres 1983 (as above but further north)

• Part One The Night Ration Party And Other Stories
• Part Two Toc H And 'Pop'

Gary And Geoff Go To France 1986 (first independent tour)

• Gary And Geoff Part One: The Adventure Begins
• Gary And Geoff Part Two: Behind The Rubbish Dump At Boom Ravine

Easter Rising, 1996 (made me reassess who I am)

• Easter Rising part One: Doubts
• Easter Rising part Two: Consequences

To Follow: Falklands/Malvinas 1994, 80th Anniversary of Gallipoli 1995, First visit to Western Front 1981