by ColinAuthor | Jun 26, 2017 | Normandy Trips
Day 14 – Wednesday 9th June Up early in order to get back to the Chunnel. As we’d never been to the village of Esquelbecq before, we used the SatNav to find the way back. Most of the journey seemed to be relatively straightforward (if twisting) apart from the shortcut...
by ColinAuthor | Jun 26, 2017 | Normandy Trips
Day 13 – Wednesday 8th June A new brewery for our final day Following breakfast on our last full day in France, we headed off into a somewhat cloudy & misty morning. To our drive up to our final brewery in France on this trip – the Brasserie Thiriez. This is a...
by ColinAuthor | Jun 26, 2017 | Normandy Trips
Day 12 – Tuesday 7th June The benefits of local B&Bs Breakfast was awesome! In 2014 we couldn’t find many hotels in Normandy that weren’t already full (or charging the earth) . It was similar for the 70th Anniversary of D Day. So we were forced to use B&B’s...
by ColinAuthor | Jun 20, 2017 | Normandy Trips
Normandy 2016. Day 11- Monday 6th June- A Day of Remembrance As in past years, this was going to be a very busy day of Remembrance –this year it would include saving the Honour of the Welsh Guards! But more of that, later! Honouring the fallen at Hottot Les Bagues We...
by ColinAuthor | Jun 20, 2017 | Normandy Trips
Day 10 – Sunday 5th June Hill 112 with Albert Figg An awesome breakfast restored our good humour (as did my increasing fluency in French – this time unaided by Calvados & wine!). Mme Baratte explained that she sometimes enjoyed doing some silly & unusual...
by ColinAuthor | Jun 20, 2017 | Normandy Trips
Day 09 – Saturday 4th June Visiting St Vigor – where it all started Saturday morning saw us heading off to see Barrie & Stuart for a chat & a cuppa, and to update them on our new discoveries. It’s great to see their reactions. They are so proud to have a...
by ColinAuthor | Jun 20, 2017 | M/Sgt Morris Sheppard, Normandy Trips
Day 08 – Friday 3rd June Remembering Bill Sullivan An early morning start saw us headed off to Ste Mere Église . Or rather the farm complex just to the East at La Fiere to meet up with Elizabeth Sullivan (wife of Veteran Bill Sullivan) & her niece, Denise....
by ColinAuthor | Jun 20, 2017 | Flt Lt John W Harder, Normandy Trips
Day 07 – Thursday 2nd June Chasing down John Harder (part 2) After breakfast, we went back to the Mairie in Évron to see the Livre d’Or & John Harder’s signature for ourselves . It was great being able to see a piece of “real history” that I had a direct...
by ColinAuthor | Jun 20, 2017 | Flt Lt John W Harder, Normandy Trips
Day 06 – Wednesday 1st June Chasing John Harder Today would have a focus on tracing John Harder’s return visit to Normandy in the 1970s. On his return he was presented with a medallion by the mayor of Évron This is the main town nearest to where he parachuted...
by ColinAuthor | Jun 19, 2017 | Normandy Trips
Day 05 – Tuesday 31st May Sharks and beer? Yes, who’d have thought that the phrase “Sharks and beer” would have appeared on the same page – at least in a blog that’s not about Australian beaches! So, what’s it all about? Sharks in...
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