Bayeux

Our final stop was at Bayeux and the CWGC Cemetery. Not only does the cemetery contain the remains of 4,144 Commonwealth Servicemen killed during the Battle for Normandy, it has 400 German graves.

Unlike the American Cemetery at Omaha Beach, each grave marker has the age of the serviceman buried there. Something which we found had more of an impact and stirred the emotions.

Arromanche

Saturday morning was spent at Arromanche, after a few bottles of wine and the odd glass of Calvados the night before, I had problems sleeping, so I took a early morning trip down to the beach, to take a few shots.

Later we visited the museum at Arromanche, where there are a number of aviation relics on display, most notably a Napier Sabre from a Typhoon and also a small display commemorating the escape by two local Frenchmen to England in OW’s Bucher Jungmann.

The streets had also been decorated with flags in anticipation of next weeks anniversary.

Point du Hocq

By the time we reached Point du Hocq, the tempreture had reached 35c. I didn’t notice that I had set the exposure compensation, and over exposed many of my shots.

Hopefully you can get an idea of the area where the US Rangers stormed the cliffs commanding the southern flank of Utah beach and Northern Flank of Omaha beach.

The area had been bombed and shelled prior to their attack, and the area is still well cratered even after all this time.

Unfortunately the Germans had moved the guns further inland, they were finally found and put out of action by a small band of Rangers.