Then back to WWI. Beaumont-Hamel was a real “highlight” – it a moving memorial to the battle at which the Newfoundlanders were all but wiped-out in the Somme offensive. If you can’t imagine a gloomier destination, then visit Thiepval …where the names of more than 72,000 missing British and South African soldiers (that’s just from the Somme offensive, and only those whose remains were never recovered). Notre Dame Cathedral in Amiens was more inspirational. Photos here.