by ColinAuthor | Apr 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
Today started wet – our first bad weather day. However,as we were largely travelling, at least to start with, that didn’t matter much. We were off to join in with a Remembrance/Commemoration service at the village of Norolles, which is just north of...
by ColinAuthor | Apr 22, 2016 | Battlefield Tours
Today saw us head up to Hill 112 near Everecy to meet up with an historian contact – Dominique Bidart . I had connected with him through Facebook. We also wanted to take a look at the new statue that’s been erected on the hill to commemorate the many...
by ColinAuthor | Apr 22, 2016 | Normandy Trips
From Calais to the Battle of Britain. Thursday dawned clear & an early start saw us across in France “toot sweet”. We had wondered, following all of the TV coverage, what we would see with regard to refugees, etc. But apart from a couple of new fences...
by ColinAuthor | Sep 11, 2015 | Normandy Trips
Straight there and a micropub! So, a second trip to Normandy this year begins in relatively normal style. Off down the motorway to Folkestone ready for tomorrow’s trip across the Channel. However, to our surprise, we found our B&B for the night almost...
by ColinAuthor | Aug 22, 2015 | Major Ray Elledge Jnr, Normandy Trips
Final Day in France Our final full day in France saw us heading up to Abbeville where we were staying near to the Comptoir du Malt brewpub (surprise, surprise!) and so we decided to have a look at the town, itself. Food and beer first and then a wander...
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