A short visit over the English Channel to the town of Dunkirk in the French Flanders region of France. We went with Norfolk Line from Dover to Dunkirk direct, a journey which takes just two hours. We also visited Bergues, Gravelines, and Hondschoote. Dunkirk has a great war museum too.
Vers un tourisme durable: Labels
« Vers un tourisme durable » : Série à destination des professionnels du tourisme dans le Nord-Pas-de-Calais.
Découvrez notre épisode sur les labels au travers de la visite du « Gîte du Petit Cataine », labellisé Gite Panda, à Millonfosse et du témoignage de Céline Gardier, chargée du développement de la charte européenne du tourisme durable au Parc naturel régional de l'Avesnois.
« Vers un tourisme durable » est une série de 6 épisodes ayant pour objectif de sensibiliser les professionnels du tourisme (hôtels, gîtes & chambres d'hôtes, campings, restaurants, centres de loisirs, ...) sur les « bonnes pratiques » liées au tourisme durable.
Production : CRT Nord Pas de Calais, CDT Nord, ADRT Pas de Calais.
Production exécutive : Hors Format / hors-format.fr
Réalisation : Sébastien Browaeys
The Grand Old Duke of York - GAMBLING AND BEER | London Statue GB
The Grand Old Duke of York! You already know where the beer is but do you know why his column is so high? Remember his gambling debts? It is said he is so high up there so he can escape all the people he owned money. The Duke's father was King George III who had 15 children. That's right, we know what we wrote. FIFTEEN! Frederick was his father's favourite child but he was the second son. The first one was George IV who dies 3 years after Frederick. King George IV was the Prince Regent who we mentioned in our video about Regent Street. Check the Regent Street video here:
BEFORE HE MADE THE REFORMS: Officer positions were bought and sold rather than being granted to the most worthy men. The officers were, therefore, men from wealthy aristocratic backgrounds like York himself, but often without his military experience or competence.
INSPIRING A NURSERY RHYME: As mentioned he was a Commander-in-Chief when the war with France started. Frederick was in charge of a military expedition to Flanders. He took control of the port of Dunkirk but was then pushed back in a battle at Hondschoote. His troops (a mixture of British and Hanoverian forces) performed well but were outnumbered three to one. Over the following months, he marched his army back and forth between ineffective minor actions, inspiring the nursery rhyme. Meanwhile, Britain and her allies lost control of Flanders, and in July 1794 York and his troops were evacuated.
LYRICS OF THE NURSERY THYME: Oh, The grand old Duke of York, He had ten thousand men; He marched them up to the top of the hill, And he marched them down again.
And when they were up, they were up, And when they were down, they were down, And when they were only half-way up, They were neither up nor down.
You can watch a video of the song here:
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