by ColinAuthor | Aug 21, 2015 | Battlefield Tours, Normandy Trips
I’ve split this day into two posts as we got through a lot! Another day, another battlefield tour! Or rather a continuation of yesterday’s as we’d only really covered half of the area of Operation GOODWOOD. This time, it was direct to the village of Soliers....
by ColinAuthor | Aug 21, 2015 | Battlefield Tours, Normandy Trips
Operation GOODWOOD Today we would be following in the footsteps – or rather tank tracks – of the British Army’s attack to the East of Caen: Operation GOODWOOD. This was Montgomery’s plan to make good use of the “excellent tank country” to the South & East of...
by ColinAuthor | Aug 21, 2015 | Normandy Trips
Glyn Takes The Lead This started off very much as “Glyn’s day of research”. It was also a day of First World War Cemeteries. Perhaps, inspired by some of the work that I’d been doing & that he has helped with, Glyn had recently dug into his own family history and...
by ColinAuthor | Aug 21, 2015 | Normandy Trips
Ancient monuments (no, not us!) A drying day dawned – certainly better than the weather that we’d had on the way over. Having breakfasted, we set off on our third time-travelling journey of the year. Spanning from the Stone Age to Vimy Ridge and WW1. We started way...
by ColinAuthor | Aug 20, 2015 | Normandy Trips
Leaving for France with a beer Our first stop this year was a return visit to the Farriers Arms in Meersham. The villagers took over this brewpub when it closed back in 2009. After a swift beer, we hopped on the Chunnel & set off to France. Arriving in France with...
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