Did you do the Last Post. Quite moving.
For a number of years I've been to Ypres with with members of Surrey Fire & Rescue for the Armistice ceremonies. On November 11th a huge number of people assemble near the church, and each is given a poppy petal to carry. The "poppy parade" then marches with bands through the town to the Menin Gate (the archway through which tens of thousands of soldiers passed through in WW1, never to return) where all the poppy petals are collected. At 1100 as the last post is sounded by buglers of the Ypres fire service, thousands of petals rain down from the top of the gateway.
If you come away from there without a large lump in your throat, there's something wrong with you.......
