D. Day Beaches

Our current campsite Le Picard is in Tournieres. It a lovely location and handy for trips out to the local museum’s and war memorials. There is so much to see and learn about the invasion and the war memorials are quite emotional when you see the same date of death on hundreds of crosses.
The area is beautiful and villages look clean and prosperous. I’ll put up some pics but the quality will be poor as they are off the phone. image

Omaha beach.
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From a gun emplacement.
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Gun bunker. 155mm cannon.

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Remains of bunkers. The craters are huge.
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Anyone who has been on a package tour to Spain will know we are still trying to sieze the beaches and swimming pools from the German occupation. The breakfast buffet can become a hostile theatre of war.
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Camping Picard lake.
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Local Château
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They have hundreds of old churches. Looks like Cotswold stone.
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Memorial windows.
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The church Mr. Steele got caught on.
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He survived.
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Very good museum but only if you read French.
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The local chickens eating the cheese sauce I spilt on the grass. We leave in two hours heading for Jersey at the weekend then after 11 months of travel and over 30,000 kms we will return home. The sun here is finally shining on us.

2 thoughts on “D. Day Beaches

  1. Hi Guys,
    Great to meet you both at Le Picards, after seeing your motorcycle set up I felt like a Concordia motorhome in comparison. Next time I venture out (Pyrenees 2015) I will endeavour to follow your lead, the Victory is heavy enough with out the kitchen sink added. We had a great trip back to the UK following the coast up to Cherbourg and the evening ferry.
    Jon great blog with a bit of time and padding and a explanatory introduction you certainly should consider making it into a travel / adventure book. I hope you found the small folding table useful, it is a shame it wasn’t given to you earlier in your adventure.
    Take care both and good luck with your continuing journey home.
    Phil

    1. Morning Phil. Great to meet you guys and thanks for the encouragement on the blog. Were in Jersey now getting ready to return. Im with a friend who’s mum was my English teacher and he reckons it worth a whirl. I’ll think hard about it and possibly send out a draft or two for some feedback. The little table is great. Wish we’d had it earlier. Thanks again and hi to the other two lads.

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