Normandy D-Day Landings

[Klakski]

There’s so much to see and do, he’ll love it. Don’t miss the D-Day Experience at Dead Man’s Corner near Caretan. They have a museum, 3D Imax cinema, and flight simulator. Sainte-Mere-Eglise and the American Cemetery near Omaha Beach also in the same area. (Shameless plug - Aces High in Sainte-Mere-Eglise is the business my wife works for. Good range of artworks and souvenirs)
Nearer to Gold Beach is Pegasus Bridge - also not to be missed. Good museum and the famous Cafe Gondre the first building to be liberated on D-Day.
Have fun.

Don’t forget to include the German cemetary in La Cambe nearby. It’s about a 20 minute drive from st-Mere-Eglise.
Bajeux is a nice market town to visit, especially the tapestry. The camp site, municipal, there is good to.

 

[Perfectos]

Don’t forget to include the German cemetary in La Cambe nearby. It’s about a 20 minute drive from st-Mere-Eglise.
Bajeux is a nice market town to visit, especially the tapestry. The camp site, municipal, there is good too.

Bajeux Also has a D day WWII museum

 

[Klakski]

Bajeux Also has a D day WWII museum

That’s right, forgot about that. You can buy combination tickets for the different museums too. Everything is in walking distance but also good to cycle. The whole area is suitable for cycling with cycling paths and on the pavement if I remember right.

nerd fact: Bajeux has the first, or one the first, circular roads around a town. Reason for that was that the city was a hub for transporting trucks, tanks and people during the D-day invasion for the Americans. So instead of going through the town, what didn’t fit they went around it. It is still fairly quiet in town nowadays

 

[RosscoPCole74]

Forgot to say the the main market in Bayeux is on a Saturday. Fabulous choice of fresh produce.

 

[GrumpyGranddad]

D-Day 80th. Here we go. Overnight at Poole port, early ferry tomorrow. Staying in Sainte Mere Eglise. Should be a great event.

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[Perfectos]

D-Day 80th. Here we go. Overnight at Poole port, early ferry tomorrow. Staying in Sainte Mere Eglise. Should be a great event.

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Enjoy , (I know you will)

plenty of photos pls for those of us less fortunate

 

[Perfectos]

Enjoy , (I know you will)

plenty of photos pls for those of us less fortunate

I would imagine Sainte Mere Eglise centre ville will be pretty special & very emotional

 

[Perfectos]

D-Day 80th. Here we go. Overnight at Poole port, early ferry tomorrow. Staying in Sainte Mere Eglise. Should be a great event.

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Is that your two tone van in the photo ?

 

[GrumpyGranddad]

Is that your two tone van in the photo ?

Yes, the one with the rear bike rack.

 

[Perfectos]

Yes, the one with the rear bike rack.

The photo / light makes it look a different colour on the lower half , enjoy

 

[TripleBee]

I am just back from an almost 2 week vacation to Bretagne.
After being outrained, we went to Normandy. When the rain didn't stop, we just went back home 2 dats early.
On the way back to Belgium, we crossed a load of car transportation trucks fully loaded with old army jeeps. And a few Dutch driving their old army trucks to Normandy.

Just a little tip: Don't go to the Camping Les 3 Rivières in Creully. The owner is drunk 24/7 and the camping is put full of Mobil Homes around the sanitary building. We just got put on a sort of parking lot on the outside of the camping, with quite a walk to the sanitary building.

 

[Cwcltd]

D-Day 80th. Here we go. Overnight at Poole port, early ferry tomorrow. Staying in Sainte Mere Eglise. Should be a great event.

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We’re in Camping Yelloh at Luc sur Mer, came over Portsmouth-Caen. Here for 2 weeks, starting to get busier, formation of U.S. Black Hawks went over yesterday.

 

[Cwcltd]

Standing With Giants. 1,475 giants at the British Normandy Memorial reflect the number who died on D-Day itself.

 

[Cwcltd]

Sword Beach around 0730hrs this morning. About 50 pipers played ‘Scotland the Brave’.

 

[briwy]

We were there about a month ago. Very moving at the Memorial with all the silhouettes. They are there until August when they will return to the UK and be spread around the country at National Trust sites. Video here of the remains of the Mulberry B harbour. Could we do this today??

 

[Ch1pbutty]

How do you post a video? Have a video of HMS Belfast firing its guns a few weeks ago.

 

[Corradobrit]

How do you post a video? Have a video of HMS Belfast firing its guns a few weeks ago.

Upload to Reels on IG or Youtube

 

[GrumpyGranddad]

A few of my D-Day 80th photos.
Just a reminder, D-Day event at Aces High (Steventon, near Abingdon) this Sunday (30th). Free entry, drinks, snacks and entertainment. You’ll need to register though. Go to their website for details.
www.aces-high.com

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[GrumpyGranddad]

Don’t forget to include the German cemetary in La Cambe nearby. It’s about a 20 minute drive from st-Mere-Eglise.
Bajeux is a nice market town to visit, especially the tapestry. The camp site, municipal, there is good to.

Yes, we visited the German cemetery. Sobering!

(Went to Bayeux again, not for the tapestry this time, but for a children’s clothes shop my wife loves. Grandchildren now look very chic )

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