Travels with a Tiger - Riding the Western Front
Philip Drabble
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- Region:
- Anywhere
- Notice Period:
- Emergency (maybe less than one week's notice)
- Type:
- Professional
- Fee:
- Paid: £60 per talk plus travel
- Category:
- History
- Updated:
- 27th September 2025
- Tagged:
- 1914-18 Ww1
Inspired by historian Anthony Seldon’s book ‘The Path of Peace’ in which he recounts his solo walk along the length of the Western Front, Phil Drabble decided to do the same journey on his Triumph Tiger motorbike. Tracing this historic route, he crossed some of Europe’s most evocative and beautiful scenery from the Swiss border, riding through Alsace, Lorraine, Champagne, the Somme and Flanders, finishing at the North Sea in Belgium.
Phil’s personal account is a homage to all of those people, on all sides, who fought and died on the Western Front, focusing in particular on the fate of two men from his native Nottingham.
Views: 12 | Enquiries: 0About Philip Drabble
Phil Drabble spent all of his working life in education, both as a secondary school teacher and as an educational adviser and inspector. He is now an independent public speaker, able to give talks in both English and French.
Phil is available to do talks to a range of different audiences, including history groups, Rotary, and U3A.
He has a strong interest in travel and, in particular, in France and French culture. He is a keen cyclist and motorcyclist and is a volunteer blood biker. He lives in Bingham, near Nottingham.
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