D-day + Seventy yrs. pictures.

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Wooden Church @ Honfleur our breakfast stop.
Coffee 4.60 euros a cup, OUCH!

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Pegasus bridge.

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A Wilys JEEP (aparently JEEP = just enough economical parts)
There were literally hundreds of them there

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Canadian Air Force Harleys.
They don't come more original than that.

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three of our lads @ Point d'Hoc
As Mike101 has quite rightly pointed out this gun is actually @ Longess sur Mer.

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Not seen very often a couple of Norton 16H

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Dakota in D day livery.

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A formidable vantage point/

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Both owned by a group of Dutch guys.

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Nice G3 350cc Matchboxes.

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Frittes et ouefs Normandie style.

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Nice little Memorial Service for the Royal Engineers by the Dutch Reserves.

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Aromanche Beach "ride out"

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Diamond T Wrecker (Straight 8) rescueing a madamoiselle in distress who had inadvertently parked her car in a ditch.

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Quick Nick Had his 50th while we were there.
This is him Receiving the Bonking Sheep from Big AL the Lost Leader of our pack.
Lost we definately were sometimes.
Nick couldn't try on his birthday present because he hadn't packed his wellies

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Sunset over the Concrete harbour still in place @ Aromanche.
After sunset Fireworks all along the coast with a couple of cruise ships standing off, I guess to admire the view.

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Collateral damage repair!!!!

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Allied flags in the US Cemetry Museum.

It was a great trip for 14 of us with new friendships made & a great crack out in the open @ camp supper.
Now all the Calvados Cyderheads have departed, here's to our reunion sometime (thumbs) (thumbs)

[gsdman]

Great stuff Brian, thanks for sharing looks like you lot had a cracking time.
Regards Tez

[TRIX]

Great pics been many times its a really interesting place with a lot of history well worth a visit

[Mike101]

Nice pics but that gun is not point du hoc..it's longess sur Mer.

Mike

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great pictures (thumbs)

[picos mestizo]

Thanks Mike for the info.
All from memory on return so not as 100% as I'd like it to be.
Trouble is "Seen one - seen'em all confusion sets in"
The most embarrasing site was Maisy Battery, which has been purchased by an English guy who charges 6 quid entrance fee to look @ Concrete 155mm Howitzer platforms with a few connecting trenches. :whistle:

[Mike101]

I camped about half a mile from there but never got to it as it was not open early enough. I think Massey battery will get better as it was on,y found six years ago.

Mike