60th anniversary celebrations, Bastogne, Belgium: 17-19 December

[Maurice Donckers]

Yes you are right , it was raining , but the weather over there changes by the minute. It was snowing on the Friday when we went up there , it got even so slippery that you had to be a circus artist to get on top of the Sherman to climb in . then on Saturday it snowed , rained , and even had hail .
Sunday it would freeze one moment , and afew minutes later snow and ice would melt again .
In total there must have been at least 450 vehicles ( I never saw them all together) many of wich were doing trips around the Ardennes rather than being in Bastogne . Anyway the few in Bastogne already created massive trafic jams .
Anyway I had a good time over there , and am sure Hanno as well , Next time he will take a CMP down there , because he didn`t seem to be happy that at some times the snow ( or rain) was drifting from one side to the other in the jeep he was driving.
The only Canadian vehicles I saw were a Ford "Woody", and a Dodge Tipper in Dessert collor , and not to forget some Canadian Weapon Carriers with with 101st AB markings on .