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I have visited the Ypres - Flanders area several times, and always enjoyed the rides. It's very easy to spend 2 or 3 days just poking around, riding very small secondary or tertiary roads in the area - there is something of historical interest around every corner.
The whole West Flanders area is within easy reach of Ypres, and it is also a very short hike into northern France, where there is also a great deal to see and do, and many more sites relating to the Great War.
After about 3 days, though, it can get a little depressing, just because of the scale of the conflict and the realization of how many lives were lost.
But, to anyone considering riding in this area- go for it. There is so much to see and do, great variety in the riding, great variety in the food and culture.
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Many years ago I sat and had a picnic with my sister and my grandfather on the beach where he'd landed on D-day. He could barely eat anything he was so overwhelmed by it - said if anyone had told him on that day that one day he'd be back, with granddaughters he couldn't even imagine having at that time, he wouldn't have believed them.
My dad is mad about WWI, and we lived just outside Paris so trips up north were a regular occurrence, but that is the day that made me feel the history not just learn about it.
Laura
PS on a lighter note, if you're doing the French battlefields not the Belgian ones, try the local cider and pancakes :-)
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