by ColinAuthor | Jun 4, 2013 | Normandy Trips
Black Country brewpubs Black Country brewpubs tour So, the great plan was to visit a number of Black Country Brewpubs to set ourelves up for the coming week and a bit in Normandy… Public transport when it works, works really well… unfortunately, it’s...
by ColinAuthor | Jun 2, 2013 | Normandy Trips
Normandy… And so it came to pass, in the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand and Thirteen, that our heroes did decide that the time had come to once again embark on their quest to quaff ales and wines from far and near, to eat food that they were not sure of and...
by ColinAuthor | Sep 8, 2012 | Normandy Trips
Back in the UK An early start from St Omer, following the slightly less busy main roads (rather than motorways) saw us arrive back at the Eurotunnel terminal actually in time for an almost leisurely look around… most unusual. Having done that & spent a few...
by ColinAuthor | Sep 8, 2012 | Normandy Trips
3rd Battalion Scots Guards, Hill 226 & Operation BLUECOAT As mentioned earlier, investigating this unit’s contribution to the success of Operation BLUECOAT has been another interest of mine and earlier in the year, I delivered a talk to the South Manchester...
by ColinAuthor | Sep 8, 2012 | M/Sgt Morris Sheppard, Normandy Trips
Swapping history Before we could set off from Bayeux to meet Bill & Elizabeth Sullivan, we’d arranged to meet up with Stéphane Jacquet who is the curator of the museum at Tilly sur Seulles, just South of Bayeux. Stéphane and I had made contact through a...
by ColinAuthor | Sep 8, 2012 | 1st Lt FT Gillespie, M/Sgt Morris Sheppard, Major Ray Elledge Jnr, Normandy Trips
This was quite a busy day, covering Operation EPSOM, the “Scottish Corridor” and Hill 112 and then on the trail of Ray Elledge and Francis Gillespie with some “Calvados hunting” in between. Operation EPSOM, the “Scottish...
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