![]() On our way home from Veere we drove through the village of Westkapelle, situated at the far western point of Walcheren, surrounded on three sides by a massive dike. The picture above, which I found on the web, was taken from the top of this dike. Westkapelle, like all of the island of Walcheren, lies below sea-level, a fact that played a big role during WWII.
I was 10 years old then and still remember this bombardment.
When
it happened, even though my family lived quite a distance away from Westkapelle, we all took shelter and cowered together while the earth shook. A few days later, more dikes were bombed to speed up the flooding and one morning, when we woke up and went downstairs to the living room, we stepped in ankle deep water. | |
![]() | On our way out of Westkapelle we saw its lighthouse, which is actually the tower of a church that burnt down in the 18th century. |