Wimereux, Cap Gris Nez & Wissant – it sounds like we’ve travelled miles today, doesn’t it? In reality it’s a series of short hops along the Opal Coast, a mere 24 km in total.
Tag: WWII
2026 – Day 53 & 54 Utah and Omaha Beaches
We continue pottering along Normandy’s northern coast, enroute to the WWII D-day landing beaches.
2024 Days 84 & 85 – Verdun
There’s something rather comforting in revisiting a place you love. There’s no pressure to sightsee, paths are known and well trodden, favourite restaurants identified and there’s even pleasure in seeing buildings completed. And so it […]
2019 Day 126 – Churchill War Rooms
With a relatively simply agenda, we have a welcome, slightly later start to the day. There are only three things to achieve – the fulfilment of a wish, lunch and a visit to the Winston […]
2019 Day 70 – Warsaw
It was always going to be a busy day, our first outing into Warsaw. Consequently we’re up and at it, bright and early. Relatively speaking. Warsaw is divided into three distinct areas, the Old and […]
