Back from Normandy (1 Viewer)

[Rob]

I go away for six days and look what happens!!!.Wow,loving all the new stuff.The Paras look cool and are must haves,as is the Crimea stuff.

Had a wonderful trip to Normandy,went to Pegasus Bridge (amazed at how close they landed the Gliders to the Bridge,50ft in the dark,now thats flying!)Merville Battery,Omaha,Juno,Sword,Gold beaches and also to Pointe Du Hoc and the Longues battery.

Its still brings a lump to my throat to walk across Omaha beach when the tide is out and see how far these young men had to sprint under withering machine gun fire.Standing at the pillboxes on 'Dog Green' sector you can see how they just couldn't miss.So sad to think of those young men so far from home just wanting to get back there and so many didn't.A manager of one of the museums showed me an American Flamethrower dug up just last year on Omaha beach,still in very good condition.

You see many pillboxes,gun emplacements,museums etc but as always its the human stories that move you so much.Like the filmed interview with the young British Para at Merville battery,who being fired at from all angles charged across the battery firing his Sten Gun yelling 'B******ds,B*****ds,B*****ds'!!!.The things these young men had to do is amazing.

Anyone whose thinking of a visit there,its really worth it.

And the stuff you see just lying around in the countryside behind the beaches,we looked into a farmers yard and he had two German anti tank guns and loads of beach obstacles just lying there!

Rob

 

[debrito]

Rob,

You are a luck guy to have that chance to be on those beaches. Have you been in Caen?

 

[aujj65]

I go away for six days and look what happens!!!.Wow,loving all the new stuff.The Paras look cool and are must haves,as is the Crimea stuff.

Had a wonderful trip to Normandy,went to Pegasus Bridge (amazed at how close they landed the Gliders to the Bridge,50ft in the dark,now thats flying!)Merville Battery,Omaha,Juno,Sword,Gold beaches and also to Pointe Du Hoc and the Longues battery.

Its still brings a lump to my throat to walk across Omaha beach when the tide is out and see how far these young men had to sprint under withering machine gun fire.Standing at the pillboxes on 'Dog Green' sector you can see how they just couldn't miss.So sad to think of those young men so far from home just wanting to get back there and so many didn't.A manager of one of the museums showed me an American Flamethrower dug up just last year on Omaha beach,still in very good condition.

You see many pillboxes,gun emplacements,museums etc but as always its the human stories that move you so much.Like the filmed interview with the young British Para at Merville battery,who being fired at from all angles charged across the battery firing his Sten Gun yelling 'B******ds,B*****ds,B*****ds'!!!.The things these young men had to do is amazing.

Anyone whose thinking of a visit there,its really worth it.

And the stuff you see just lying around in the countryside behind the beaches,we looked into a farmers yard and he had two German anti tank guns and loads of beach obstacles just lying there!

Rob

Hi Rob.

Glad you had a great time, looking forward to seeing some photo's

The Paras are so good, even a Napoleonic collector like me will have to succumb to a few

Regards

Jeff

 

[Harrytheheid]

Welcome back Rob. Glad you had a great time.
I'm presently out in the sticks in rural Germany, but I'm heading to Hamburg later today then Lithuania tomorrow. I'll have a high-speed LAN internet access in Lithuania, so if you need some assistance with the photo's you can send them to me on my company email address.

 

[Rob]

Hi Harry,thats very kind of you.As soon as i've found my feet i'll try and get posting!Have a good trip.

Rob

 

[Currahee Chris]

Rob-

You've walked on Hallowed ground. Any chance you can post us some pics sometime.

CC

 

[Rob]

Rob-

You've walked on Hallowed ground. Any chance you can post us some pics sometime.

CC

Chris, as soon as i get a chance i will mate.

Rob

 

[debrito]

Welcome back Rob. Glad you had a great time.
I'm presently out in the sticks in rural Germany, but I'm heading to Hamburg later today then Lithuania tomorrow. I'll have a high-speed LAN internet access in Lithuania, so if you need some assistance with the photo's you can send them to me on my company email address.

Hei Harry, you travel around the world frequently, what ever you do as job seems to be interesting, if you need an assistant, I volunteer .

Have a nice weekend.

 

[Currahee Chris]

Hei Harry, you travel around the world frequently, what ever you do as job seems to be interesting, if you need an assistant, I volunteer .

Have a nice weekend.

Harry is the Forum's resident International Man of Mystery- he is in the Import/ Export business

 

[Harrytheheid]

Harry is the Forum's resident International Man of Mystery- he is in the Import/ Export business

Ha Ha......MofM?????
I'm just a pleb who left school at the age of 15 to study Engineering at Clydebank Technical College.......(nae kiddin').
The import/export business aah-laa Dalian - to points west is going to take off soon, especially seeing as Missus Heid now knows just who to bribe.........

Debrito,
I'll be sending you a PM very soon regarding your post on this thread.

Cheers Guys
HtheH

 

[Harrytheheid]

Hi Harry,thats very kind of you.As soon as i've found my feet i'll try and get posting!Have a good trip.

Rob

Absolutely no problem Rob. Glad that I can help you to share your photos with other Froggers mate.
PS. Am having a good trip already. Going out to explore Copenhagen very soon and get into as much trouble as I possibly can.......

Best Regards
HtheH

 

[Rob]

Harry,its a shame K&C don't accept air miles,you'd be laughing!

Rob

 

[Harrytheheid]

Harry,its a shame K&C don't accept air miles,you'd be laughing!

Rob

Och, I'm working on it Rob. When Andy does his arithmetic in November and sees that I've spent enough money in his shop in the Conrad Hotel to float a 3rd world country - then for sure I'll get big-time discount....!!!!????