When we had talked to the family about our tour plans for this year, Erin indicated she was going to be in the UK visiting a friend at the same time and asked if she could tag along with us on part of our tour. The Southwest region was a […]

We have left France behind and moved on to the next part of our tour – England and Wales. Although we have been in the UK a few times our time in these parts has been very short. We are mainly doing the English and Welsh countryside and start in […]

Revisiting the Past – The Sir John Monash Centre and Thomas Henry Brown We haven’t seen a lot more of France than these northern parts of the country. In addition to the D-Day celebrations, our original plan for this tour had been to see more of the southern parts of […]

Day 3 and 4 – Barneville-Carteret We were very lucky to get so close to the D-Day beaches for at least a couple of days and given that the official ceremony this year was at the American Cemetery / Omaha Beach and pretty much a “no go” zone for cars […]

Day 1 and 2 – Port-en-Bessin I have had a desire to be part of these 80th anniversary celebrations of the D-Day landings in WWII for many years. I have long been fascinated by the planning and success of “Operation Overlord” and of the courage and sacrifice made by so […]