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Normandy 2018 Day 9 – Beer, tanks and more beer

by ColinAuthor | Nov 30, 2018 | Normandy Trips

Day 9 – Friday 8th June Back to the UK For a change, I’d got the timings right with regard to the Chunnel crossings, in that I gave us plenty of time to get there from our final night’s accommodation in France – the Rollus Brewery. In the past, even though...

Normandy 2018 Day 2 – Brewery, Micropubs and wartime memories with a train for good measure

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...

Normandy 2018 Day 1 – Deja-vu all over again

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...

Normandy 2016 Day 2 – Black Country brewery tour

by ColinAuthor | Jun 19, 2017 | Uncategorized

Day 02– Saturday 28th May Final checks at the garage An early start saw me at Ashley’s garage & 10 minutes later with a little half-horseshoe clip back in place & the engine washed off of surplus diesel, I was back on the road south to Glyn’s. Black Country...

Normandy August 2014 – Day#01 Wednesday 13th August

by ColinAuthor | Aug 12, 2015 | Normandy Trips, Talks

Return to Normandy So, back off to Normandy for a third time in a single year – one of the benefits of an “Anniversary Year”… and my wife, Elaine, wasn’t complaining, either, as it meant that she got the benefit of another chunk of snore-free night’s sleep! As...
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