Thursday 18 May 2023

Muddy Boys Invade Normandy Days 3 - 4

 





Our Brave Boys press on in the teeth of  mildly cold north easterly up and down a few small hills while reflecting on the true horror of war and the trials of our Father's and Grandfather's generations. 


I cannot imagine the horror of being in the first waves of troops coming ashore.  

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Somehow the French have managed to make this holiday camp look like a German Concentration Camp. I was expecting to see prisoners popping out of tunnels on the cliffs. 

















Bayeaux. 










Ghostly Tommy Figures. 






Sign Language 


There was a soldier, a Scottish Soldier ......





Our Ferry Home. 








Wednesday 17 May 2023

Muddy Boys Invade Normandy Day 2

 























That's one more thing off the Tic List.