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 &...
by ColinAuthor | Aug 29, 2012 | Flt Lt John W Harder, Normandy Trips
Friday saw us heading round & into Kent, initially heading for Herne Bay followed by Reculver, RAF Manston & Plucks Gutter (honest!) before ending up in Canterbury for the evening. We’d decided not to eat at the hotel & instead, once round the south...
by ColinAuthor | Aug 28, 2012 | Flt Lt John W Harder, Normandy Trips
Having planned our trip in reasonable detail, we decided on a change almost immediately when the opportunity presented itself to travel down early & meet up with Stuart Hadaway. Stuart used to work at the RAF Museum in Hendon & was exceptionally helpful in...
by ColinAuthor | Aug 28, 2012 | Normandy Trips
I actually started this in the Eurotunnel terminus waiting for our train (must be a song in there, somewhere), as the plan was, rather than in previous years when I’ve waited until after the trip to do any updates, this time to try to do daily updates. However,...
by Colin Foster | Aug 20, 2012 | Major Ray Elledge Jnr
A little while ago (well, the end of last year, actually… I must get into writing things in a more timely way!!) I was pleased to be able to help a relative of Ray Elledge & their friend during their brief visit to Normandy. Unfortunately, I wasn’t...
by ColinAuthor | Dec 22, 2011 | Flt Lt John W Harder, M/Sgt Morris Sheppard
Normandy Trip July 2011 The first day As we had in July last year, Glyn and I set off looking forward to this trip as for part of it we would be in the company of a relative of one of the “men in the shed”. On this occasion, it would be Bobbie Harder, one of the...
by Colin Foster | Jun 9, 2011 | Flt Lt John W Harder, M/Sgt Morris Sheppard, Uncategorized
So, after the sleepless start (see previous post for the horrific details of what happens if you’re late to the Chunnel on a Friday night!) & arrival at our hotel (the Formule 1 Hotel at Boulogne sur Mer) as dawn was breaking, we had a reasonable...
by Colin Foster | Jun 3, 2011 | Uncategorized
Hadn’t been planning to write anything this evening (Friday June 3rd), but might as well do something to while away the hours! We arrived at the Chunnel terminal a mere 10 minutes late for our train so they’ve fitted us onto the next available…...
by ColinAuthor | May 28, 2011 | 1st Lt FT Gillespie, Flt Lt John W Harder, M/Sgt Morris Sheppard, Major Ray Elledge Jnr, Pvt Gerald Willen
This year’s trip was always going to have the opportunity to be special ever since earlier in the year when I’d received an email from Jesse Sheppard (Grandson of Morris Sheppard, one of the “names” in the Shed). The anticipation was increased once it also looked as...
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