Itinerary
Guillemont Pilgrimage 2008
The Somme Association
Friday 5th September 2008
Meet at Belfast International Airport at 09.20am for check in.
11.15am Depart Belfast International Airport on Flight No. El 58, arriving Paris CDG 13.55
Make the onward journey to the Holiday Inn, Arras.
Evening at leisure.
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Saturday 6th September 2008
Depart Hotel at9.00amfor a days touring including:
Vimy Ridge
Notre Dame DeLorette
Loos
The Arras Memorial
The Fusiliers Memorial, Arras
Return to Arras town at approximately2.30pm and have the afternoon at leisure for lunch and shopping.
Depart Arras at 17.30 for theVillage of Guillemont.
19.00 service by the Bishop of Amiens at the Chapel in Guillemont
20.00 Dinner and Entertainment
22.30 Depart Guillemont for hotel
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Sunday 7th September
Depart hotel 09.15 for the Village of Poziers.
Visiting Poziers Cemetery and the Australian Memorial.
11.30 Assemble at the Mairie, Guillemont for my unveiling of the name of a street in honour of the 16th (Irish) Division. Another was then named to Ernst Jünger, author of Storm of Steel. 
12.30 Assemble for a Service of Remembrance at the 16th (Irish) Division Memorial, Guillemont. Council representatives and members of the public are welcome to lay wreaths during this service.
(by prior arrangement please)
This will be followed by visits to:
The Thiepval Memorial
The Ulster Memorial Tower Visitor Centre & Lunch
A guided tour of Thiepval Wood.
Le Tommy, museum and café
The Lochnagar Crater, La Boisselle
18.00 Return to hotel with the evening at leisure
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Monday 8th September
Depart hotel at 9.30am for Charles De Gaulle Airport, Paris for the return flight to Belfast. Flight No. El 59, departing at 14.45
Expected to arrive in Belfast at 15.35
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