_Retracing his steps the tourist takes the road which first skirts the railway, and then crosses it (l. c.) to rejoin the Poperinghe-Steenwoorde road. Take the latter on the left._ (See Itinerary, p. 108.) At the hamlet of Abeele there is a Belgian custom-house (visa of "triptyque" or motor-car permit). The French custom-house is at =Steenwoorde= (the third house to the right on entering). Usual formalities. _Opposite the custom office take I.C. 128 on the left, which, after several turnings, leads to_ =Godewaerstelde=. _Leave the village on the left._ [Illustration: THE CRUCIFIX AND ABBEY OF CATS HILL] [Illustration: CATS HILL ABBEY] [Illustration: DESTRUCTION OF THE CHAPEL CHOIR] [Illustration: THE COURTYARD OF CATS HILL ABBEY AFTER THE BOMBARDMENTS] _On the far side of the level-crossing the road rises, and the Abbey on the top of_ =Cats Hill= _soon comes into view_. There is a magnificent view from the wayside-cross on the plateau. Visit the monastery, whose buildings suffered greatly from the bombardments. _Pass in front of the cross and take the second road on the right, which slopes down fairly quickly to the village of_ =Berthem=, _through which the tourist passes_. [Illustration: VIDAIGNE HILL AND NOIR HILL] _In the hamlet of_ =Schaexnen=, _opposite the inn with the sign "Au Vieux Schaexnen," turn to the left, passing in front of a small château in the middle of a wood on the right. A plateau_--=Noir Hill=--_ploughed up by countless shells, is reached shortly afterwards_. _At the fork in the road turn to the right_ (the road on the left leads back into Belgium). _Go through the hamlet of_ =La Croix-de-Poperinghe=, _then at the next fork take the road to_ =Bailleul= _on the right_. _At Bailleul leave the lunatic asylum on the left._ The French custom-house is in the Rue d'Ypres. (In June, 1919, there was as yet no corresponding office at Locre in Belgium.) Bailleul suffered terribly from the bombardments, most of the houses being destroyed. Bailleul was taken by three German divisions on April 15, 1918, as well as Little Hill and the Ravelsberg, to the west of the town. But the next day the German forces, who had orders to consolidate their success and turn the chain of hills from the south, were rudely checked by French divisions, rushed up to relieve their British comrades, and in three days, thanks to the prompt and vigorous action of General Pétain, they were driven back. _Have a look round the Grande Place before taking the Rue de Lille_ (N. 42) _on the left_. _At the Noveau-Monde cross-roads_, where there is an important munitions depôt with railway-station, _turn sharply to the left, leaving Lille Hill on the left_.