Utah Beach
A sharp wind blew from the sea over what was known as Utah Beach.
Autumn along Ravensbourne & Pool Rivers
This is London – six-ten miles from Trafalgar Square! You may be interested in The Waterlink Way Cycle Paths – in this walk the Waterlink Way combines with Route 21 in Sustrans
Marigny WWII Cemetery
This was our last day in France and I wanted to visit the D-Day Beaches in Normandy and pay my respects at a cemetery of each of the combatants. We started at Marigny – quiet and peaceful in the sunny … Continued
A brief visit to Dinan
The stopover in Dinan was not a good experience: finding parking was a nightmare; the hotel was dingy and the room up several flights of stairs; dinner was ok’ish; and the next morning the car battery was flat because I … Continued
Josselin in Brittany
I could easily have lingered in Vannes but we needed to move on – to Dinan via Josselin. The first castle in Josselin was built in the 11C but the building was rebuilt several times thereafter. Since the 15C the castle has … Continued
The Gulf of Morbihan
At the end of a long day, after looking at thousands of stones around Carnac, it was a relief to find the sea at Locmariaquer and Vannes.
The Alignments of Little Menec, Carnac
I was tiring of stones but decided we had to to see the Alignments of Little Menec because I had read it was ‘magical’, and that was indeed the case. Do not miss this site if you are in the … Continued
The Alignments of Kerlascan, Carnac
After Menec and Kermario the next alignment is at Kerlascan: 555 stones, 13 rows, 2,600 feet long. It was difficult to photograph and I think only an aerial photograph would show the alignments. We also walked to the nearby Quadrilateral and saw the Giant of … Continued