by ColinAuthor | Nov 30, 2018 | Normandy Trips
Day 9 – Friday 8th June Back to the UK For a change, I’d got the timings right with regard to the Chunnel crossings, in that I gave us plenty of time to get there from our final night’s accommodation in France – the Rollus Brewery. In the past, even though...
by ColinAuthor | Nov 29, 2018 | Normandy Trips
Day 8 – Thursday 7th June Northwards into the sun A reasonably late start saw us on our slow way back home. Leaving the mist, drizzle & coolness that we’d experienced over the past few days behind us. For now it would be clear blue skies & very hot...
by ColinAuthor | Nov 28, 2018 | Normandy Trips
Day 7 – Wednesday 6th June An exhibition, a museum, a possible memorial and a ceremony. An early and foggy start The unhelpful weather continued as we said “à bientôt” to Mme Barratte for another year. We headed off for the opening of a new exhibition in...
by ColinAuthor | Nov 18, 2018 | Normandy Trips
Day 6 – Tuesday 5th June Annual Hill 112 Ceremony For many years, now, we’ve attended the small ceremony on Hill 112 to commemorate the veterans of both sides who fought & died in Operations EPSOM & JUPITER. The main commemoration is in July (on the...
by ColinAuthor | Nov 18, 2018 | 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment, 5th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, 6th Battalion Green Howards, 7th Battalion Green Howards, Pte AE Smith, Pte CA Wellings, Pte G Reid, Pte NHT Welch, Pte PD White
Day 5 – Monday 4th June This ended up being a long day with an equally long post! Following the war diaries to the capture sites of some of the men and returning to Noir Nuit. War diaries in detail So, after the extreme heat of the past two days, a later start saw us...
by ColinAuthor | Aug 15, 2018 | 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment, 231 Brigade, 2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment, Cpl J Chapman, Normandy Trips, Pte D Lawrence, Pte JBI Bird, Pte S Brunt, Pte Thomas Blunt
Day 4 – Sunday 3rd June Tilly sur Seulles Salon du Livre We tried to be up early for breakfast. Aiming to be at the “Tilly Book Fair” run at the museum by our friend Stéphane Jacquet from the start. Unfortunately, Glyn had not re-set his alarm to French...
by ColinAuthor | Aug 15, 2018 | Normandy Trips
Day 3 – Saturday 2nd June Off on the Chunnel As usual, we crossed via the “Chunnel” (or Channel Tunnel to give it it’s proper name). For us, this this is a quick way of getting over to mainland Europe. Our B&B didn’t provide breakfast! So,...
by ColinAuthor | Aug 15, 2018 | Normandy Trips
Today would be more about beer than WW2 – with two brewery taps and several micropubs. Although we would manage an RAF museum along the way. Locomotive on the M25 Yes, you read that correctly! Leaving Aylesbury following a fulfilling breakfast, we headed towards...
by Colin Foster | Aug 14, 2018 | Normandy Trips
Day 1 – our customary start Beer and brewpubs Yes, our annual trip to Normandy started in it’s usual fashion directed by the good words of CamRA’s Good Beer Guide . However, this time, it was easier to plan as we’d previously arranged to try...
by Colin Foster | Mar 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
A brief update… Gibert Raimbault First of all some sad news. Yves Brion has informed me that M Gilbert Raimbault (who aged 9 saw the various “Men in the Shed” as his father was the village baker & the shed their grain store) has passed away. He had been ill for a...
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