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| In the Tunnels The day I went to Vimy Ridge it was clear, bright, and got really hot. But down in the tunnels it was anything but. The tunnels were dug in chalk, and went a fair way down, so it was chilly. Most of the tunnels that the public goes through have been widened, but were still quite narrow. You can see the chalk through the green stuff. there used to be wooden beams, but they've put in concrete ones and mesh on the ceilings for safety sake. |
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| Upper left: our guide Ian in what would have been used as a medical room during the battle of Vimy Ridge. It might have held 2 stretchers. Upper right: some various tools that were used in making the tunnels. They're all rusting out in the damp, I'm amazed that they've lasted this long. Lower left: a room that officers would have used. Not big, but a little more comfortable. Lower right: an unexploded Canadian shell that penetrated through into the tunnel and has been there since. There are, as we were told, over 600,000 unexploded shells in the Vimy park, although most aren't dangerous. Some still have explosive potential. |