NORMANDY D-DAY

Today was actually snowy! A day in London started at the War Rooms. Buried under Whitehall, the nerve centre where the British government...

As we reflect on what was a wonderful trip, we can look forward to the next. As so many seemed to eagerly await the next instalment of...

Thank you kind readers for following musings of our week in Normandy It was a wonderful week and many memories have been etched on the...

The streets of Douvres-la-Délivrande were lined with smiles, flags and plenty of colour. Last morning, no setting up camp outside of our...

9th June. Back to a quieter Pegasus Bridge and a chance to photograph without the riff raff.... ( Did I say that!? ) Less radio, more...

Tony admitted he took his CW test when he was 13. That is longer ago than I have been on this planet, but for someone who has only done 2...

So, as many a reader will know, we are here in a 1943 Canadian Military Pattern truck. It's fun, it's ugly, it's beautiful, it's rugged,...

Between Bazenville ( where we have set up camp ) and Crepon, on June 6th 1944 at Midnight, B2 Advanced landing ground was started....

After last night's recce of the Chateau Creully we decided there wasn't an area suitable which wasn't on newly laid turf ( banned ) or...

A place which takes your breath. A view which can't help but make you think. We are not capable of understanding what those men had in...

Wednesday started on Gold beach. A few "period" shots of the CMP, fitting for the venue.

After supper, a quick recce around Creully and a walk in the grounds of Chateau de Creully, the Musee de la radio de la BBC, and a...

Some people are asking what kit we have in the CMP and are using. So, here we have it.

Ken at the Yorkshire Air Museum has been a fantastic contributor this week so far. One of the farthest stations, but one of the...

This morning we have decamped to Gold Beach. Just like any other apart from the remains of one of the greatest logistical and bloody...

I want a Jeep. There, I've said it. I want a suitable radio fitted to it. There, it's out there. Donations of suitable equipment will be...

As last year, again this year pipers marched through the museum and onto the bridge. Fan or not of Scottish bagpipe music, you can't help...

So today, on the most important day of the operation, we were lucky enough to have been invited to set up in the grounds of the Pegasus...

Today, on June 6th, 2023. 79years late, I managed to drive a WW2 truck over Pegasus Bridge. I'm sure all involved were glad I'd made it,...