by ColinAuthor | Sep 8, 2012 | M/Sgt Morris Sheppard, Normandy Trips
Swapping history Before we could set off from Bayeux to meet Bill & Elizabeth Sullivan, we’d arranged to meet up with Stéphane Jacquet who is the curator of the museum at Tilly sur Seulles, just South of Bayeux. Stéphane and I had made contact through a...
by ColinAuthor | Sep 8, 2012 | 1st Lt FT Gillespie, M/Sgt Morris Sheppard, Major Ray Elledge Jnr, Normandy Trips
This was quite a busy day, covering Operation EPSOM, the “Scottish Corridor” and Hill 112 and then on the trail of Ray Elledge and Francis Gillespie with some “Calvados hunting” in between. Operation EPSOM, the “Scottish...
by ColinAuthor | Sep 1, 2012 | Normandy Trips
Still in Honfleur So, what would today bring? Typical summer weather for 2012… drizzle! Very disappointing after yesterday’s glorious sunshine, however, undeterred (well, largely undeterred!) we set off to find the local supermarket to stock up on some...
by ColinAuthor | Sep 1, 2012 | Normandy Trips
Lost in France… as usual Having had a very nice breakfast & a sort of chat with a French couple also staying at the Brewery, (‘though their English was not as good as my French!) we set off for a tour around the loop of the River Seine that Canteleu...
by ColinAuthor | Sep 1, 2012 | Normandy Trips
Still in England This was the last day that we would see England for a while, so, bearing in mind our departure time on the Chunnel, we had a stroll around an early Saturday-morning Canterbury before heading off towards the terminal. However, we needed food &...
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