A cold and windy day but dry until about 3pm so we will take that.

A trip to the Vet this morning for Tilly to have her tapeworm tablet before returning to the UK – she of course was a complete wimp through her check up and couldn’t get out of there fast enough once done but that is now sorted and we are all set for our ferry crossing on Sunday.

Afterwards we drove to Omaha Beach for a cold walk along the beach, starting at the southern end of the beach – Plage de St Laurent-sur-Mer….

Making our way along the beach to the Omaha Beach Memorial….

We then drove to the Normandy American Memorial and Cemetery where we were able to get aerial views along the whole length of Omaha Beach – to the south…..

And to the North….

Whilst here I popped Tilly back in the van and had a quick mooch around the immaculate memorial and cemetery (not dog friendly)….

There are some 9400 white marble crosses for every soldier lost….

Within the memorial are these interesting depictions of the activity of the various services during the Battle of Normandy….

At this point the weather took a decided turn for the worst as it started to rain so we took the slow coastal road back to our Aire (having decided to stay another night in Hermanville) to settle down for the evening.

Thoughts of the day:

• It does make me chuckle when I see a sign at a pedestrian crossing saying how many people can cross at a time – sometimes it’s 3 and sometimes it is 9 – who is counting?
• I have found driving in France an unexpected pleasure the roads are generally good and traffic quite limited and unhurried – I was absolutely dreading it.

Today’s stats –

• Miles driven – 80
• Miles walked – 5
• Beaches – 2
• Aire – £13.40