by ColinAuthor | Aug 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
Beer & chips Our final day saw us back into England and a visit to the Sperrin Brewpub with its Victory Beers named because the pub that they’re served at has been modified to look like parts of an English Man o’ War during the Napoleonic Wars – very...
by ColinAuthor | Aug 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
The baker’s son Our last day in Normandy was quite amazing to say the least as we met up with M Gilbert Raimbault. Gilbert used to live where Barrie & Stuart do now… but he lived there during the Second World War when his father was the baker in the village! He...
by ColinAuthor | Aug 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
Return to EPSOM The day started with some more photos of the Operation EPSOM area – necessary as I’d not taken all of the ones that I wanted before my camera battery had died realier in the week. So, fully charged we set off again. The start point was where we’d left...
by ColinAuthor | Aug 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
Breakfast in BLUECOAT So, an early start saw us at the museum at St Martin des Besaces as we’d been invited to join in with the celebrations commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the Liberation of the village during Operation BLUECOAT. We missed the breakfast, but saw...
by ColinAuthor | Aug 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
Roman ruins Today saw us in Normandy, but rather than initially focusing on the period between 1939-45, or more particularly, June – August 1944, we decided to go back much further in time and visit the Roman ruins at Vieux which managed to survive all of the fighting...
by ColinAuthor | Aug 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
White horses and bad backs So, our second trip to Normandy this year started with its usual diversion via a pub… but this time, it was as part of a Mission. Unfortunately, in June, Eain & Muir Findlay weren’t able to join us in Normandy as Eain had badly hurt his...
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