Join me on my 4 day tour across the Normandy Beaches, taking in all thing D Day.
I did not expect how much this trip would affect me. I thought it was just about the beaches and the 6th June 1944, but it’s so much more than that.
I discovered hundreds of stories about ordinary people who were thrown into extraordinary circumstances, standing tall in the face of adversity. And in some cases paying the ultimate sacrifice by giving their life so others could live and be free.
I hope this video goes a long way to encouraging everyone to go and visit Normandy and find their own bit of peace.
Basic 4 day itinerary
Accommodation: ibis (port en bessin) or Anywhere in Bayeux makes a great base.
Day 1
Portsmouth to Caen overnight ferry
Day 2
Depart ferry approx 6.30am
. Pegasus Bridge
Pegasus bridge museum
Cafe Gondree
. Sword Beach
Bill millin memorial,
big bunker museum
Beach memorials
. Juno Beach
WN 27
Juno beach centre
. Gold Beach
British Normandy Memorial
Stanley Hollis VC hut
Day 3
.Gold Beach
Arromanches 360 /D Day 75 memorial
Arromanches port/ beach
Cap Manvieux
. Longues sur Mer Battery
.Omaha Beach
WN60
Overlord Museum
American Cemetery
WN62/ 1st infantry memorial/ engineer memorial.
WN 65
Omaha beach memorial
WN72, national guard memorial / Charlie , dog green.
. pointe de Hoc
. German war cemetery
Day 4
.UTHA BEACH
Utah beach memorial
Utah beach landing museum
Dick winter’s memorial/ Brecourt manor/101 Airborne
. St mere Eglise
Airborne museum
Church with parachute (pvt Steele)
.Dead man’s corner museum/ D Day museum
. Bayeux War Cemetery ( Sydney Bates VC)
Ferry home.
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Well done in getting out there and paying your respects 🙏 Hard to believe what actually happened just 80 years ago. Lest we forget
Beautiful video mate
Thanks for sharing
Went out in June Twas rammed but well worth it 👍
That was a beautiful watch !!
Loved the 2nd wild camp spot . Fair play to you .. wild camp solo in November in France . Love it
Followed a prompt from Lean Into The Wind to discover you.
Wonderful video really nicely done and moving.
Now subscribed with a bit of catching up to do.
Cheers man
Hein Severlogh was the last German firing a gun on Omaha beach but 2000 killed is way off. A thousand men were killed on Omaha beach. Severlogh could cover r perhaps an eighth of the 4 miles.
That block pn the beach below Wn62 was a support for a stone crusher the Germans used to make gravel for concrete. On D-day Ray Lambert, a medic, used it to shelter wounded men. Today it a has a memorial plaque with the names of all 1st division medics. One of the names is Charles Shay. He lives in Normandy today, december 2024, and turned hundred not long ago.
If your looking for a basic itinerary to visit all things D Day please comment below and I will be glad to help.