Thursday 2/5/19 79659

Sorry it's been a while for those of you that are following the blog.
We spent a few good days at Courseulle Sur Mer visiting the D-Day landing beaches and learning about what had happened on that fateful day 6th June 1944. How different our lives would have been if it weren't for the allied forces that arrived on the beaches and fought their way through Europe liberating the German occupied countries as they went.

Now the beaches are beautiful, sandy and warm, but I can imagine them blood soaked and shattered by gunfire.

Every other lamppost has a picture of a veteran attached to it in all the villages and towns along the coast with their country of origin, name, rank and regiment.
There is nothing but respect and praise for the allies.
Anyway, we were stopped in a lovely Aire in Courseulle, with a huge municipal park backing onto it, and if you walked through the park, you arrive on the beach.

We are now in a beautiful Aire outside Cabourg, on the beach (again!)

and I have some lovely local beer that I'm consuming while I'm typing this (6.2%!!!)
Ollie has his own instagram page (Ollies_50_shades_of_blue) where you can see what he's been up to, so head on over and take a look!
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