Well, after a very wet trip to Abbeville, we actually got drenched and we left wet gloves on the hotel room heater, then went out to eat. We came...
We decided to leave the bike for an hour or so, to give the fob battery some rest (we couldn't get a new battery as it was Sunday and everywhere was...
Some of you on here will have seen some of the introductory posts within the thread, for that I apologise and urge you to move onto the third...
Just been pointed here from the sister site WW2 chat. So.... er...... Hello again.
Okay, after Arromanches we went down the coast to Juno beach, at this point time was running against us so it was literally just a whistle-stop visit...
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Next stop was Arromanches, this is the Westernmost end of Gold beach, this is where the Mulberry harbours were erected to facilitate the...
The next stop was the gun battery at Longues sur Mer, which was captured by the Devonshire regiment. This battery was captured intact and contrary...
The next day we set off to visit Sword, Gold and Juno beaches, however, we were a little pressed for time so this became a wee bit of a whistlestop...
Pointe du Hoc... Located 7 miles west of Vierville sur Mer, Pointe du Hoc is best known for the assault made on it by the US 2nd Ranger Battalion...
This wee gap between the hotel and the construction atop the hill was the scene of the worst of the casualties, it was literally a site of massacre....
After spending an hour or so wandering around Utah beach we moved on to OpenDNS, this is the beach that they represented in the opening scene of...
once a scene of utter chaos catastrophe and murder.. now ..... just a beach. [img] Other relics, dotted about outside the visitor centre......
The memorial dedicated to the men of the US Navy. [img] [img] [img] [img] The long (thankfully) silent guns of the enemy... [img]...
Well after that somber moment, it was back onto the bikes and off to Caen in Normandy for the next leg of the trip, another 200 mile hop. Tuesday...
I was not quite sure where to put this, so here it is, now I know a section of it covers WW1, for that i apologise and to Lee who has seen this...
I did chuckle, even withoput the explanatory ditty! :D
UK (Mostly based in Scotland).. Now I shall double away smartly, and update my profile... er... Sorry!
Got that also thanks..
I am a retired Submariner, I have served a couple of years on General service on HMS Fife and HMS Abdiel, I then volunteered for the Submarine...
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