| Re: What I did on my Normandy and Bretagne break, by Bear, aged 41 and a half years old - WARNING! VERY LONG AND QUITE BORING! |
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Group: alt.2eggs.sausage.beans.tomatoes.2toast.largetea.cheerslove · Group Profile
Author: Richard SherrattRichard Sherratt Date: Nov 7, 2007 22:42
On Wed, 7 Nov 2007 12:55:59 -0000, Bear gmail.com>
wrote:
>I posted this on the bike group, so apologies if some of you get hit by
>it twice ...
>
>Normandy and Bretagne, Autumn 2007
Thanks for that, Mr Bear. As usual, not long enough and totally
fascinating.
Tell me again, what is the speed limit in France :-)
It brought back some memories of my visits to Normandie 40 something
years ago. You could still see the remains of the mulberry harbour at
Arromanches. Maybe they've gone by now.
Fond memories of Deauville, too. Steering a 65' yacht into the harbour
(the one with the lock gates) at 10:30 at night with a strong
cross-tide running and zero visibility at the age of 15 sort of sticks
in your mind :-)
The ex RNR WW2 destroyer captain standing on the deck outside the
wheelhouse and doing the "left hand down a bit" stuff made sure I
didn't hit the sea wall on both sides :-)
It was pretty laid-back then. The pre WW2 smart crowd were no longer
around and the town hadn't really recovered from the war.
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Regards,
Richard.
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