I for sure did not forget that you are Romanian. Nothing wrong with that.
I for sure did not forget that you are Romanian. Nothing wrong with that.
The biggest problem is to find the place, because all places about which was written in books are dug out a long time ago. Another problem are locals and land owners, they hate black diggers, because black diggers leave huge holes and all around are lying dug out shells and mortar mines, official ones usually don't have such problems. I know one incident when locals and loggers destroyed diggers car because some days before somebody stole fuel from logger's tractor. Another problem are hunters they don't like any people in forest, one time we had to use trenches as they were used in WW2 because hunters thought that we are wild boars, they were shooting on sound, it is forbidden, but they do it.
P.S. And we also have some crazy diggers, forests are big and trenches and swamps are deep, they can just dig you in
P.P.S. last was joke
tank you for information like i said i have a local people from lepaja ..iam not go alone of course i will ask the permision and i will cover the hole .....by the whay maby i will meet you i stop in riga first time after that i go to lepaja...i make my homework ...and the guy from lepaja also dig sometimes he knows many things
On 13th August on one of my tours we visited German War cemetery in Saldus (Frauenburg), under each cross are lying 8 Germans, many of them were dug out by us.
Camera was broken, so I had'n a lot of photos on this autumn.
2nd October, autumn came to Kurland, not many finds that day, it was searching of new places.
River Lielupe separates WWI from WWII
Some great photos of the wonderful countryside in Kurland Andris !!
The gates of hell were opened and we accepted the invitation to enter" 26/880 Lance Sgt, Edward Dyke. 26th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers , ( 3rd Tyneside Irish )
1st July 1916
Thought shall be the harder , heart the keener,
Courage the greater as our strength faileth.
Here lies our leader ,in the dust of his greatness.
Who leaves him now , be damned forever.
We who are old now shall not leave this Battle,
But lie at his feet , in the dust with our leader
House Carles at the Battle of Hastings
You can find Soviet war cemeterys along many roads in Kurland, but this is one of the most beautiful.
House was destroyed in war, but apple trees were left, apples were very tasty, good lunch for us, in war time that road connected two villages, now nobody even know about it.
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