Category Archives: Normandy Trips

Normandy September 2015 – Day #05 – Sunday 13th – Elledge Tour

April 22, 2016 – 9:45 pm

So, having met Sam & Martha for a meal last night, today we were off in the footsteps of Martha’s father – Major Raymond P Elledge Jr. In many ways, today was all about the whole point of this project. Giving back to the family of one of the men that were held in the […]

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Normandy September 2015 – Day #02 – Thursday 10th September 2015

April 22, 2016 – 9:43 pm

From Calais to the Battle of Britain. Thursday dawned clear & an early start saw us across in France “toot sweet”. We had wondered, following all of the TV coverage, what we would see with regard to refugees, etc. But apart from a couple of new fences & a slightly more prominent police presence, there […]

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Normandy September 2015 – Day #01 – Wednesday 9th September 2015

September 11, 2015 – 9:18 pm

Straight there and a micropub! So, a second trip to Normandy this year begins in relatively normal style. Off down the motorway to Folkestone ready for tomorrow’s trip across the Channel. However, to our surprise, we found our B&B for the night almost immediately. This doesn’t happen often- even with the aid of SatNav! Then, […]

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Normandy June 2015 – Day#10 Tuesday 9th June

August 22, 2015 – 9:31 pm

    Final Day in France Our final full day in France saw us heading up to Abbeville where we were staying near to the Comptoir du Malt brewpub (surprise, surprise!) and so we decided to have a look at the town, itself.   Food and beer first and then a wander around this lovely town. […]

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Normandy June 2015 – Day#09 Monday 8th June

August 22, 2015 – 9:21 pm

Veterans in Arromanches Today saw us travelling around in History again, on our slow journey back towards the UK. First of all, we drove up to Arromanches where a strong wind was generating a fair swell on the sea We could be seen from how the waves were crashing against the remnants of the Mulberry […]

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Normandy June 2015 – Day#08 Sunday 7th June

August 22, 2015 – 9:14 pm

Tilly, M. Filoche and Jublains Another hot day dawned. We had seen a weather forecast for this week before leaving England that had been bad. So, we had been exceptionally lucky to have had, largely, sunny hot days. However, the heat might make the journey to see M. Filoche, and the Roman ruins at Jublains, […]

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Normandy June 2015 – Day#07 Saturday 6th June

August 21, 2015 – 11:13 pm

Operation BLUECOAT 6th June dawned clear and bright. It was going to be another hot one, especially for a tour of the start of operation BLUECOAT. We called in on Barrie, or at least tried to, as he wasn’t there. So we headed off to meet up with Mary, Jack, Eain & Muir at Mary […]

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Normandy June 2015 – Day#06 – Friday 5th June

August 21, 2015 – 10:51 pm

Hill 112 and Ray Elledge’s Crash Site On Hill 112 Today was spent, in many ways, with our usual routine for the 5th June. A return visit to Hill112 (via Evercy church) in the company of veteran Albert Figg (who fought there) & his daughter Annette. Before adjourning to the restaurant in Evrecy for an […]

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Normandy June 2015 – Day#05 – Thursday 4th June – part2

August 21, 2015 – 10:12 pm

On the Invasion Beaches SWORD Beach So, it was off to the beaches. Our first stop was SWORD beach – near the port of Ouistreham – which was almost empty. On our way back to the car, we passed a relic of the Atlantic Wall – the German shore defences. It was either a machine […]

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Normandy June 2015 – Day#05 – Thursday 4th June – part 1

August 21, 2015 – 9:41 pm

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. Where, just before we got into the village, over […]

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