by ColinAuthor | May 31, 2015 | Uncategorized
Hill 112 and Albert Figg We were up fairly early in the morning and headed off to Hill 112 ready to meet Albert Figg, a veteran of the campaign there. Albert is the guy who did most of the fundraising to put a Churchill tank on top of the Hill in memory of the men...
by ColinAuthor | May 31, 2015 | Uncategorized
A vampire then to bed in a box Tank shells to vases It had rained quite a lot overnight and was still raining when we woke up. So we decided that we weren’t in a hurry. The farm where we were staying had some interesting vases full of flowers, however, somewhat...
by ColinAuthor | May 27, 2015 | M/Sgt Morris Sheppard, Uncategorized
At La Fiere A reasonably early start saw us arriving at the Sullivan family accommodation at La Fiere which is on the banks of the river Merderet which is a key battle in the history of the 82nd Airborne Division Elizabeth, Bill’s wife had found some old wartime...
by ColinAuthor | May 27, 2015 | 1st Lt FT Gillespie, Flt Lt John W Harder, Normandy Trips
German Military Cemetery at Marigny Initially, we’d planned to use this day checking out again Ray Elledge’s crash site where we would have dug up some of the metal. However, as this had now been confirmed as not a crash site, we decided to do something different and...
by ColinAuthor | May 27, 2015 | Major Ray Elledge Jnr
Change of plans to look for Ray Elledge We had planned to take a gentle meander through the French countryside and take our time in driving to our accommodation for the evening at Hebecrevon. However just outside of Abbeville, we received a phone call. My initial...
by ColinAuthor | May 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
Ducks have right of way We were up early ready for breakfast and then our journey further south and east towards the Channel Tunnel. As has been customary over the last few years, we headed first west around the M25 past Heathrow airport and then under London. This...
by ColinAuthor | May 27, 2015 | Flt Lt John W Harder, Normandy Trips
Pubs and brewpubs – that’s a different start for us… not! We started off and first went to Banbury where we had lunch in a Hook Norton pub – The Roebuck. Hook Norton being a brewery that neither Glyn nor I had had beers from for a long time. We...
by ColinAuthor | May 26, 2014 | Uncategorized
Normandy 70 Final preparations are almost complete for the first of three trips to Normandy in this 70th Anniversary year As usual, there will be a mix of research,, history, meeting Veterans and I suspect that beer, wine, cider & Calvados will also be involved!...
by ColinAuthor | Jan 4, 2014 | Normandy Trips
And so to home… via a brewpub, naturally! An earlyish breakfast saw us off to fill up with some presents & fuel at the local supermarket before heading back to the Chunnel. Whilst, in some ways, we’d not added as much to the tale of “The Men in...
by ColinAuthor | Jan 3, 2014 | Normandy Trips
A medal, a Beach, a Band of Brothers and Azeville Battery’s painted bunkers An eclectic day finished off our last full day in France. As we were right on UTAH breach, I decided to go and take some photos as well as taking a jar full of sand I know it is wrong...
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