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...
by ColinAuthor | Aug 22, 2015 | Normandy Trips
Veterans in Arromanches Today saw us travelling around in History again, on our slow journey back towards the UK. First of all, we drove up to Arromanches where a strong wind was generating a fair swell on the sea We could be seen from how the waves were crashing...
by ColinAuthor | Aug 22, 2015 | Flt Lt John W Harder, Normandy Trips
Tilly, M. Filoche and Jublains Another hot day dawned. We had seen a weather forecast for this week before leaving England that had been bad. So, we had been exceptionally lucky to have had, largely, sunny hot days. However, the heat might make the journey to see M....
by ColinAuthor | Aug 21, 2015 | Battlefield Tours, Normandy Trips
Operation BLUECOAT 6th June dawned clear and bright. It was going to be another hot one, especially for a tour of the start of operation BLUECOAT. We called in on Barrie, or at least tried to, as he wasn’t there. So we headed off to meet up with Mary, Jack, Eain &...
by ColinAuthor | Aug 21, 2015 | Battlefield Tours, Major Ray Elledge Jnr, Normandy Trips
Hill 112 and Ray Elledge’s Crash Site On Hill 112 Today was spent, in many ways, with our usual routine for the 5th June. A return visit to Hill112 (via Evercy church) in the company of veteran Albert Figg (who fought there) & his daughter Annette. Before...
by ColinAuthor | Aug 21, 2015 | 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment, Battlefield Tours, Normandy Trips
On the Invasion Beaches SWORD Beach So, it was off to the beaches. Our first stop was SWORD beach – near the port of Ouistreham – which was almost empty. On our way back to the car, we passed a relic of the Atlantic Wall – the German shore defences. It was either a...
by ColinAuthor | Aug 21, 2015 | Battlefield Tours, Normandy Trips
I’ve split this day into two posts as we got through a lot! Another day, another battlefield tour! Or rather a continuation of yesterday’s as we’d only really covered half of the area of Operation GOODWOOD. This time, it was direct to the village of Soliers....
by ColinAuthor | Aug 21, 2015 | Battlefield Tours, Normandy Trips
Operation GOODWOOD Today we would be following in the footsteps – or rather tank tracks – of the British Army’s attack to the East of Caen: Operation GOODWOOD. This was Montgomery’s plan to make good use of the “excellent tank country” to the South & East of...
by ColinAuthor | Aug 21, 2015 | Normandy Trips
Glyn Takes The Lead This started off very much as “Glyn’s day of research”. It was also a day of First World War Cemeteries. Perhaps, inspired by some of the work that I’d been doing & that he has helped with, Glyn had recently dug into his own family history and...
Recent Comments