Gallipoli trip

[Brandy]

Hi folks,

I just got back from a lightning trip of 5 days in Gallipoli. I would highly recommend a visit to anyone, especially if you have an interest in the area due to relatives serving there etc. I rented a car in Istanbul airport and drove down to Cannakale, a 4.5 hour drive. No problems with traffic and the roads are excellent - not so much if you decide to do a little local travelling, but still no major issues. I booked a coach tour of the ANZAC sites, then did the British sites down south on my own by car. That gave me the chance to revisit any sites that were skipped by the tour. Quite a few of the ANZAC and British cemeteries are inaccessible to coaches so if you need to visit a specific one you may need to hire a car anyway.Those include Shrapnel Valley, Plugge's Plateau, Shell Green, The Nek, and The Farm (accessible via a steep track from a coach stop at Chunuk Bair) in the ANZAC sector, and Redoubt and Pink Farm in the British sector down south. Also well worth a visit are the Turkish memorials and the forts of Namazgah (opposite Canakkale) and Ertugrul (overlooking V Beach).

Here are some pics I took whilst there.

 

Z Beach, ANZAC Cove

 

Canakkale

 

Turkish cemetery

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lone Pine Cemetery

 

Ari Burnu Cemeterey

 

New Zealand Number 2 Outpost Cemetery

 

Chunuk Bair

 

 

Turkish 57th Regiment memorial

 

Fort Namazgah

 

Kilitbahir Castle from Fort Namazgah

 

Lancashire Landing Cemetery

 

Pink Farm cemetery

 

Redoubt cemetery

 

Turkish memorial at the site of the Battle of Gully Ravine, and the view inland

 

 

Twelve Tree Copse

 

V Beach from Fort Ertugrul

 

Fort Ertugrul

 

Helles Memorial and the view inland

 

 

X Beach

 

Ian

 

 

Edited October 1, 2019 by limeypilot

[stevehnz]

Great photos Ian, thanks. You were fortunate with the weather, as was I, 36 years ago, its a truly beautiful area with such a sad heritage. I'd love to go back there & have a decent prowl about rather than the few short hours we had back then. Your photos evoke some deep memories.

Steve.

Edited October 4, 2019 by stevehnz

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