Waterloo 1815. What can one say about this battle. The most famous battle in British history, and one of the most complete battlefields to visit today. The whole scene of the series of battles in the Waterloo Campaign can be visited in this area, especially if you have a car. Quatre Bras and Ligny are very interesting fields and both have their monuments, unfortunately on the day I didn't have time to walk these fields, and didn't manage to get to Wavre at all.

At Waterloo itself, Hougoumont and La Haye Sainte should be visited, as should Plancenoit on the left wing of the Allied army. The museum at the foot of the Butte de Lion is well worth a visit. The one thing I found disappointing on this field was the aforementioned Butte de Lion, this monument built to commemorate the place where the Prince of Orange was wounded was positioned on the ridge which constituted the position of the Allied front line. The Butte totally dominates the field, and unfortunately does spoil it somewhat. This is the one battlefield that I always wanted to see, and despite the Butte, I was not disappointed, there are so many famous landmarks to see. I spent the best part of a day looking around here, so allow plenty of time.

The First World War Battlefields around the Somme and Verdun. These areas will always live in my memory. Thc sight of fields where literally thousands of lives were wasted for no reason and no gain whatsoever is literally one to bring tears to ones eyes. The sight of the graveyards, whether of a few graves or for 20,000 brings home the wastefulness of the slaughter. When one looks at the smaller graveyards on the field of battle especially, you can see that dates repeatedly reoccur, especially 1st July 1916, and you realise that the men mentioned all died within seconds of each other, and even possibly at the exact same time. The areas covered by the battles are obviously extensive and there is a great deal to see, and time must be allowed, I went for about 4 weeks and still had to miss numerous sites. There are trench systems, monuments, war cemeteries of all sizes, museums and much more. I would recommend the area to anyone, but be prepared to be saddened and dismayed by parts of the areas. There are parts of a foreign field that WILL always be British.