I finally got to Normandy !!
Just spent a fantastic week in Normandy including the Falaise 'corridor of death'.
Took a few then & now pics too !
First pic is the church in the town of Falaise
Second pic is Chambois where the Falaise gap was closed
Third pic is the Band of Brothers posing for a photo in St Marie du Mont
Nick
Last edited by Woolgar; 03-13-2016 at 06:41 PM.
"In all my years as a soldier, I have never seen men fight so hard." - SS Obergruppenfuhrer Wilhelm Bittrich - Arnhem
Here are a few of the hundreds of photos I took!
Nick
Nice one NIck !! I need to get there again sometime soon !! How did Ledger treat you ????? ....
They were brilliantby HistoryMan
Nice one NIck !! I need to get there again sometime soon !! How did Ledger treat you ????? ....
I'm thinking of booking with them next year for a trip to the Dams/Colditz/Sagan
Nick
Yeah mate they are really good value, I did Arnhem with them in 2014 for the 70th ! We had Paul Reed as our guide, he was really good !They were brilliant
I'm thinking of booking with them next year for a trip to the Dams/Colditz/Sagan
Nick
The Dams/Colditz/Sagan trip sounds interesting, may have a look at that myself !
A very interesting trip that I would like to make one day. Thanks for the pictures Nick.
Steve
Great pictures --- Thank you.
gregM
Live to ride -- Ride to live
I was addicted to the "Hokey-Pokey" but I've turned
myself around.
I always love the "then & now" pictures. Thanks for posting.
nice photos Nick, it always amazes me, when I started going to Normandy in the late 80's right through the 90's no one cared, The corridor of death had a A4 sheet posted on a tree with an arrow pointing in the direction, of course then you could find lots and lots of artifacts, and I spent many hours sifting through the scrapyard in TRUN before it closed
When Saving Private Ryan and Band of Brothers became hits, everything changed....... I do not go anymore, as for me, it is too touristy
The Falaise museum was one of the best around until it went broke and closed
I know Paul very well, and was with him at the start of his tours when he lived in Coucellette on the Somme
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