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...
by ColinAuthor | Aug 21, 2015 | Battlefield Tours, Normandy Trips
I’ve split this day into two posts as we got through a lot! Another day, another battlefield tour! Or rather a continuation of yesterday’s as we’d only really covered half of the area of Operation GOODWOOD. This time, it was direct to the village of Soliers....
by ColinAuthor | Aug 21, 2015 | Battlefield Tours, Normandy Trips
Operation GOODWOOD Today we would be following in the footsteps – or rather tank tracks – of the British Army’s attack to the East of Caen: Operation GOODWOOD. This was Montgomery’s plan to make good use of the “excellent tank country” to the South & East of...
by ColinAuthor | Dec 20, 2013 | Normandy Trips
Tilly Book Fair and balloons Tilly Book Fair The “Salon du Livre de la Battaille de Normandie” or “Tilly Book Fair of the Battle of Normandy” is now in it’s fifth year. The “brainchild” of the Tilly 1944 Association and in...
by ColinAuthor | Nov 4, 2013 | Normandy Trips
Operation BLUECOAT, Sainte-Mère-Église and UTAH Beach Following Operation BLUECOAT In the past, whenever we’ve visited Normandy and followed the tour of Opertion BLUECOAT laid out in the back of Ian Daglish’s book on the subject, we’ve always started...
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