Cheers All
On the first day is to see the  Bayeux Tapestry and the Pegasus bridge end, I would like to see were the Green Howards came ashore, Merville battery etc etc etc.

Dave

Quote from: Dave on 14 May 2017, 11:16:53 AM
Cheers All
On the first day is to see the  Bayeux Tapestry and the Pegasus bridge end, I would like to see were the Green Howards came ashore, Merville battery etc etc etc.

Dave

The concrete bus shelter that Stanley Hollis fired at with his Bren is just off the beach. The Regt bought it some years back and it has some plaques placed on it the mark Hollis's deeds.

Been to Normandy three or four times, there is a huge amount to see all over the place, from great museums to individual monuments.

Tiger tank at Vimoutiers



And Churchill near Caen



For some reason the disparity in size was more notable when the vehicles were seen in isolation in the countryside than in the Tank Museum at Bovingdon

Haven't been to Normandy since I was a kid - must be 30-35 years ago. Still remember the Bayeux Tapestry, and the American Cemetery at Omaha.

Really want to go back - how to persuade the rest of the family that this is a good holiday destination...

Might be an easier sell than the Market Garden corridor - come see industrial areas of Holland, hmm...

Pick the right Saturday to go, and you can get a warm welcome in Carentan:
http://guerriersdumarais.blogspot.co.uk/p/le-club.html
http://bloodybigbattles.blogspot.co.uk/2016/06/training-flights.html

Apparently there is also civilization in Valognes, though I haven't been there myself:
http://aigles-et-bannieres.forumactif.org/

Chris

Bloody Big BATTLES!
https://uk.groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/BBB_wargames/info

Quote from: fred. on 15 May 2017, 11:30:26 AM
Haven't been to Normandy since I was a kid - must be 30-35 years ago. Still remember the Bayeux Tapestry, and the American Cemetery at Omaha.

Really want to go back - how to persuade the rest of the family that this is a good holiday destination...

Might be an easier sell than the Market Garden corridor - come see industrial areas of Holland, hmm...

There's a  (or there was) Centre Parks site in Holland not too far away. That's what I did a few years ago.

Probably not a good reason as well: http://figz.nl Wargaming & miniatures event in the Netherlands Sunday 4 June 2017, Arnhem (NL)

Maybe if you like your garden stuff: https://appeltern.nl/en/ Appeltern has more than 200 model gardens, situated in the area between the Meuse and Waal rivers in the village of Appeltern. The closest towns are Tiel, Nijmegen and Oss.

Alex

PS For industrial areas in Holland, I suggest Rotterdam. Arnhem is situated in Gelderland.

For the first day its

battery du mont canisy
Merville battery
Pegasus bridge museum

I did Arnhem last year, getting the train out and walking in two of the routes taken by the paras - going through the rail viaduct, museums and then on to Nijmegen.

Dave

Youse obvois paid tooo MUCH

Quote from: Dr Dave on 12 May 2017, 07:02:51 AM
Might sound a bit odd this - go somewhere special - and get some soil for your bases! The beaches are obvious, but try to go up Hill112. Take a jam jar and bring back some basing material.

Continuing on that theme, I have sand from the Sahara -very fine so good for 6mm building and castle walls, small rocks from Parma for any Mediterranean type broken terrain, sand from Bray Dunes for WWII Early War bases and well as some other mementoes from around Europe and beyond.

My friend and his missus go with us to where we have what we call our holiday home from home in a small village not far from Wormhouldt and Bergues in northern France. The whole area is right across the retreat to Dunkirk in 1940 and even earlier, the Battle of Hondschoote 1793, at the end of a campaign when troops from both the fledgling French Republic and an Allied army under the Duke of York trampled the whole region. I have loads of pictures of buildings to copy in 6mm for the WW II period. (Sad, I know).

I can also recommend Cassis, a black current liqueur (apparently made in Normandy), that is great with lemonade.

MickS

Just back I've had a hectic 4 and half days, took a photo of the green Howard's memorial, visited plenty of batteries and loads of museums back to the ground loads of late nights to catch up.

Dave

Glad it was a good one!

Will we be seeing an album? 

I once ordered a book from the library on tanks in Normandy. Instead, I got one on flowers. It was called Panzies in Normandy. 

Quote from: fsn on 24 May 2017, 06:35:46 PM
Will we be seeing an album? 

I need Leon's help to up load the pics , not as many as I thought I'd took.  Impressed with pont du hoc, as an engineering I enjoyed the mulberry habour museum and the wrecks museum.

Dave

Quote from: Westmarcher on 24 May 2017, 07:37:11 PM
I once ordered a book from the library on tanks in Normandy. Instead, I got one on flowers. It was called Panzies in Normandy. 

Glad you had a nice trip, even though it was hectic. Looking forward to the photos as and when time allows.

Good to hear it was a good trip

Quote from: Westmarcher on 24 May 2017, 07:37:11 PM
I once ordered a book from the library on tanks in Normandy. Instead, I got one on flowers. It was called Panzies in Normandy. 

Could have been worse.

QuoteI once ordered a book from the library on tanks in Normandy. Instead, I got one on flowers. It was called Panzies in Normandy.

Oooh Errrr Mrs!