Hi
My 13 year old son Jack is currently in Belgium on a 'Battlefields' trip with his school. Tonight or tomorrow night (not sure which) they are due to take part in the last post ceremony ay the Menin Gate and lay a wreath. I have been searching on the interweb thingy to see if there was a webcam where we could watch the ceremony while it takes place but I cannot find a link (indeed if there is one) probably due to incompetence on my part! Anyway if anybody can point me in the right direction or provide a link I would be very grateful.
Hopefully he will also get to visit the grave of his Great, Great uncle who was killed a few months before the end of the war and is buried in a cemetery near Ypres.
Many thanks, Paul
It is indeed a very moving occasion and school children seem to react to it in a very positive way (I did the school field trip half a dozen times with Y9 children in the last 10 years before I retired). It was some time ago now and I was unaware of a live webcam then, so don't know if one has been installed since.
My two both went 15 - 20 years ago. Certainly at that point there wasn't a camera, at least not a publicly accessible one.
They really enjoyed their trips.
Had a quick check around while I was mixing putty, Paul.
There doesn't appear to be anything nearby. :(
I could only find half a dozen, or so, publicly accessible webcams around Ypres....None of which are of any use to you.
(I expect you've already found those.)
Cheers - Phil
Hi Chaps
Thanks for looking. I have found this:
https://www.webcamtaxi.com/en/belgium/west-flanders.html
But for the life of me can't actually see any webcams! Is it me?
Cheers Paul
In a word, Paul......No ! X_X
I managed to get a few links from that page,.....and they seem to give access to ones in Antwerp, Linberg and Brussels......Which don't help you at all :'(
One of the other webaddys I've looked at DOES have 4 or so 'cams' in or near Ypres....But again, nothing that you're looking for.
Sorry. :(
Cheers - Phil.....Who nearly clicked on one that's supposedly on, or orbiting, the Moon. :o