this was essentially a " boys outing" for the D Day beaches but i have to say I found it very emotional especially Omaha beach where I couldnt help but think about the opening scenes of saving private ryan which Ive never managed to watch without racing out of the room in tears. But how beautiful the cemetary is that overlooks the beach with the thousands that are buried there. although obviously very sad the setting couldnt be better with a winding path that runs down to the vast , eary , empty beach. the british cemetry in Bayeux i found even more emotional again with the thousands of perfect graves with the immaculate emerald grass and flowers at each grave. again i was in tears reading the inscriptions and ages of those that died mostly in their early twentys. all just boys
.we visited numerous German batteries and bunkers , arromanches with the mulbury harbour and pointe du hoc.
A really enjoyable weekend and one that i would thoroughly recommend if like me you have never taken a lot of interest in the war
. this is one weekend my family and i will not forget in a hurry.lyn
