Royal Barriere Deauville

... W0.53'20" For some time now we have been noticing a lack of battery power. We replaced one of our leisure batteries and had an expensive battery to battery charger fitted before leaving the UK. When we first came away we could manage as much as four days without moving. Now unless we travel some 40-50 miles daily we don't have enough power for a couple of hours of TV. A visit to the fitters in Clitheroe is booked for the 9th October. 23.09.09 Saint-Lo N49.06.891' W1.06 ...

Drove about an hour to really cute seaside town with fab cliffs. One looks like an elephants nose tucking into some water (not my likeness). Kinda reminded me a bit of Jason with his first pint of the day…..Found a hotel here, and I broke one of my only 2 requirements on the trip by day 3. We took a room in a cute small hotel without a private bathroom. Granted, all the ones with private bathrooms ...

... more pictures! I know you will all be sick of seeing flowers!

Afyter Honfleur we decided to drive into Caen to stay the nyt! We didnt want to pay the highway tolls (they are everywhere and they are expensive) so we took a detour with the help of GPS! The countryside in Normandy is beautiful and the houses range from old and dilapitated to pretty farm houses. The roads are all winding and a lil treacherous but Chris did a great ...

... and we did our own thing by walking as far as we could. Walked from where the bus dropped us off, down the Champs Elysees, walking into Renault and Toyota showrooms to see their latest concept cars. Beautiful. Went to the Arc de Triomphe and took lots of photos. From there we walked to Eiffel tower and took photos right underneath it. Didn't even try to go up because the queues were very, very long. We started to walk along the Seine towards Notre Dame but decided to ...

We arrived in Honfleur from Le Havre where the yacht is anchored. We'll drive through Normandy and hook up with the yacht in Cherbourg.

Honfleur is an old fishing town on the south bank of the mouth of the Seine in the English Channel. The harbor is a must see if you visit Normandy. We visited in the morning and then left for Trouville-sur-Mer.

... town itself is really nice. In fact we like the town so much that we are upset we did not spend the night there. Unfortunately, had already pre-paid our Paris hotel and can’t change our reservation .

So we are off to Paris a little sad at our poor planning and research but that will soon be gone when the moment we see the Arc D’ Triumph in the distance…

... see memorials, flags and plaques for the brave men and women of other countries. I really enjoyed learning the history of this drop zone as everything I have read or seen always focuses on the American landing at Omaha…what a nice segway.

Next beach is Omaha. Again it is great to hear the history, see the memorials and walk through the various bunkers. This as well as the various ramparts and guns on display give a tiny insight into the virtually insurmountable ...

Courseulles sur Mer is the town that the Canadians arrived on Juno beach. We got into the town in the afternoon and didn´t have much time so we found a hotel in the harbour area, dropped the bags and headed to the Canadian centre- museum. It was created by veterans as there was nothing in the area that commemorated our accomplishments on D-day. The tour which took us down into a German ...

... for leather upholstery, white scarves and goggles will absolutely adore the show and party atmosphere of this racing event that seems to get bigger by year since its first outing in 1966.



This year's race, which begins on 3rd ...

... the American d-day tour she went on.She didn't get to do the Brittish one, apparently their weren't enough numbers, just like the Canadian one. The girls have already a been out, but decide to join us anyway. Turns out I was wrong about Tammara she isn't so boring after all.... she bought me a drink. The American Girls weren't so bad either, a couple of them really made me laugh. Cameron's an Author working on his third book, it's mainly memoirs that he does,one is about ...