To see or not to see? That is the question

We walked in to Bayeaux to see the tapestry but were informed there was a 1 1/2 hour queue starting at 12:30. Not exactly convenient in the scorching sun (29-30 C), so we made the decision to miss out and hopefully catch it again post-Covid. Apparently there is a contemporaneous copy in Reading anyway so maybe we'll see it there.

I walked to the war museum only to find it was shut for lunch so returned to J and had lunch with her. We then drove around and I went through it. Not a bad museum but with some mislabelled maps and pictures that got annoying after a few.

Hetzer: German tank destroyer

Rouen: German vehicles that couldn't cross the Seine. Reminiscent of pictures of vehicles that couldn't cross the Po. We walked on this spot.

Then it was on to Villers-Bocage for the night. This was the scene of a gutsy German counter-attack against a British advance. (Also considerable losses to the German's later on, but that's a different story.) I came here a couple years ago with Dan Taylor who wrote the excellent AtB book on the battle: Villers-Bocage: Through the Lens, so have an idea of how things went from his tiki-tour. (See After the Battle Vol 132.)

Clear skies and a 2/3 moon tonight. A star-gazing night.

Back from the dead?

After 7 years with no activity I was very surprised to find this blog still available to me! It was interesting to remind myself of some of the wonderful places we have visited since we came over here.

I was looking at the blog as it may be time to reopen it. We are currently looking at campervans with a mind to continue our travels around Europe, starting this year.

We kicked some tires at the Birmingham motor-home, campervan and caravan, etc, show twice. The first time looking at motor-homes, the second at campervans. After a huge amount of bickering discussion we have circled around to the idea of a Ford Transit based campervan with extra camping gear as the best for for our needs - not too big for Italian roads, reasonably inexpensive to buy and run, and ready at short notice for stopping or moving. (Ford Transit, by the way, as it was the only cab that allowed me vision out the top of the window!)

So the hunt for a van begins...