Day 21 – Amiens

Well today will be an interesting day, a lot of train connections to catch and not a hugh amount of wiggle room.
The day starts out well with our first train being cancelled, one minute it was on the board then it had disappeared. After searching for another train we finally find one that turns up, so it is off to Moescron, where we can catch a train to Lille, the trip goes smoothly and we catch our connection to Lille, thankfully we arrive ahead of our connection to Amiens, so it is a 3/4 hour wait for our train, we board the train and head out across the french fields, the potato and sugar beet harvest are in full swing, piles of vegetables are gathered at the ends of fields.
After a long trip we arrive in Amiens, the train has passed through Albert and this has given us a chance to survey the station for a taxi rank.
After dropping our bags at the hotel we are back to the station to back track back to Albert, upon arriving I am disappointed to find no taxis, after enquiring with a local shop keeper, he kindly calls us a taxi. After a 10 minute wait we board our taxi bound for the cemetery in Longueval. We arrive at the cemetery after a fast paced taxi ride in the country side, there are another couple looking around, the flowers are all out and the cemetery look very peaceful. I place my plaque at the head stone of Ernest Ely, words and a photo are taken, after signing the visitor book it is back to the taxi and back to the station for another train ride back to Amiens.
Upon arriving back we take a walk to have a look at the cathedral, it is truly magnificent, the work in the carvings is spectacular and the size is amazing, we are unable to look inside but the walk around the outside was fantastic.
So brings an end to another day, tomorrow we are back on the train to Reims, some confusion about trains has already taken place so tomorrow will interesting.