by ColinAuthor | Jun 19, 2017 | Normandy Trips
Day 04 – Monday 30th May Cricket, Beer and Napoleon An interesting group of topics for today, to say the least! But first… Traditions are upheld Today saw us heading south towards the Channel Tunnel. However, tradition was maintained when we returned to Glyn’s...
by ColinAuthor | Jun 19, 2017 | Uncategorized
Sunday 29th May was a tough day… lounging out at Glyn’s & getting ready for our trip out to...
by ColinAuthor | Jun 19, 2017 | Uncategorized
Day 02– Saturday 28th May Final checks at the garage An early start saw me at Ashley’s garage & 10 minutes later with a little half-horseshoe clip back in place & the engine washed off of surplus diesel, I was back on the road south to Glyn’s. Black Country...
by ColinAuthor | Jun 19, 2017 | Normandy Trips
Day 01 – Friday 27th May Plans go awry The plan was for me to travel down to Glyn’s. I had planned to visit my uncle, too, but he was unavailable. So I finished off some work related stuff & set off at 4pm. I checked the state of the motorway traffic with it being...
by ColinAuthor | Feb 23, 2017 | Uncategorized
Sadly, just a few days short of what would have been his 101st birthday, ex Flt Lt Tony Cooper has passed away. Tony was a wonderful gentleman. Always giving of his time & willing to share anecdotes of his time with 64 Squadron RAF & especially of his...
by ColinAuthor | May 2, 2016 | Battlefield Tours, Major Ray Elledge Jnr
A surprise for Martha So our last day with Martha & Sam started off bright & early with a filling traditionally French breakfast. Leaving Tony & Jill enjoying the sunshine, we headed off to Barrie’s & the Shed. What Martha didn’t know was...
by ColinAuthor | Apr 22, 2016 | Major Ray Elledge Jnr, Normandy Trips
So, having met Sam & Martha for a meal last night, today we were off in the footsteps of Martha’s father – Major Raymond P Elledge Jr. In many ways, today was all about the whole point of this project. Giving back to the family of one of the men that...
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...
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