The Men in the Shed

Normandy 2013 – Day#6 Thursday 6th June

by | Aug 29, 2013 | Normandy Trips

Bocage, Hill 226 and St Charles de Percy Bocage bagging When reading & talking about the post D-Day fighting one word crops up time and again: “Bocage”. So what was “Bocage” or “The Hedgerow Country” as Americans called it? A...

Normandy tour 2013

by | 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...

Day 7: 6th June

by | 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...