by ColinAuthor | Aug 15, 2018 | Normandy Trips
Today would be more about beer than WW2 – with two brewery taps and several micropubs. Although we would manage an RAF museum along the way. Locomotive on the M25 Yes, you read that correctly! Leaving Aylesbury following a fulfilling breakfast, we headed towards...
by Colin Foster | Aug 14, 2018 | Normandy Trips
Day 1 – our customary start Beer and brewpubs Yes, our annual trip to Normandy started in it’s usual fashion directed by the good words of CamRA’s Good Beer Guide . However, this time, it was easier to plan as we’d previously arranged to try...
by ColinAuthor | Jun 30, 2017 | Normandy Trips
Day 10 – Thursday 8th June Paying our respects at Hottot les Bagues We had a couple of things planned for our final day in Normandy; needless to say they didn’t go as anticipated! We were a little later leaving in the morning than we had planned. So, ...
by ColinAuthor | Jun 30, 2017 | 1st Lt FT Gillespie, Flt Lt John W Harder, M/Sgt Morris Sheppard, Major Ray Elledge Jnr, Normandy Trips, Pvt Gerald Willen
Day 9 – Wednesday 7th June A walk around Estry This morning we spent time looking around the village of Estry. Taking photographs of the locations of damaged and destroyed Churchill tanks following the battle to liberate the village. Colin needed these in...
by ColinAuthor | Jun 30, 2017 | 1st Lt FT Gillespie, M/Sgt Morris Sheppard, Major Ray Elledge Jnr, Normandy Trips, Pvt Gerald Willen
Day 8 – Tuesday 6th June A late start! We had a late start today. Partly as we’d decided on a leisurely lie-in, but more to do with the previous night’s socialising! Chasing Ray Elledge and other Americans (again!) Our plan for the day was to use the...
by ColinAuthor | Jun 30, 2017 | Normandy Trips
Day 7 – Monday June 5th On Hill 112 with Albert Figg Today saw us heading off to meet with Albert Figg again, this time on the top of Hill 112. It has become a tradition for there to be a small ceremony on the Hill on the 5th followed by an informal meal. This...
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