garyw
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997 go to the Beaches......
of Normandy
Well I've finally got round to putting this together... The proposed date of this weekend trip is March Saturday 6th- Sunday 7th 2010
My idea is to be able to tour France in company and enjoy France without it becoming too much of a Dday expedition [
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The plan is to travel via the tunnel at £58 return for the crossing early on the Saturday morning and to meander down via some of the stunning French coastal and D roads to our lunch destination.
The drive is approx 190 miles(4 hours), so we will obviously be stopping for coffee enroute, this should put us in the stunning port of Honfleur for about midday and ready for lunch.
* should the weather be poor we will use some additional Autoroute to save time.
Following on from lunch we plan to keep to the D roads to our first stop at the famous Pegasus Bridge.
From the bridge and museum we head via the D roads and coastal roads passing the Gold and Juno beaches to our proposed chateau on the outskirts of Bayeux in plenty of time for people to relax and use the facilities or venture into the city for the museum, English cemetery or to visit the famous tapestry.
We have limited rooms reserved at the chateau.
We propose to use the restaurant in the chateau to enjoy the fine French cuisine but you are most welcome to make your own plans for dinner should you so wish. They have offered us a Half board package at 304 Euros
The Sunday will be a mid morning start reaching out to the West Peninsula towards Cherbourg where we start our main tour of the beaches and highlights of Normandy, we will head West to East starting at Sainte-mere-Englise and the American museum before our first beach of Utah and the other famous stops.
Mid afternoon will hopefully see us close to our starting point and the pretty town of Port en Bessin, where we will take lunch prior to leaving the area for a steady drive back via the Autoroute from Caen to Calais.
Other stops will include;
American Cemetery
German Cemetery
Point du hoc
Longues Battery
Arromanches (mulberry harbour)
Omoha Beach
www.chateau-de-sully.com Superior Double room €170 per room, breakfast would be €18 per person or Half-board Superior Double room at €304 "" includes dinner and Breakfast
www.eurotunnel.com £58 return leaving 06.50 on the 6th and returning on the 18.50 train on the 7th
Fully booked
garyw
of Normandy
Well I've finally got round to putting this together... The proposed date of this weekend trip is March Saturday 6th- Sunday 7th 2010
My idea is to be able to tour France in company and enjoy France without it becoming too much of a Dday expedition [
]The plan is to travel via the tunnel at £58 return for the crossing early on the Saturday morning and to meander down via some of the stunning French coastal and D roads to our lunch destination.
The drive is approx 190 miles(4 hours), so we will obviously be stopping for coffee enroute, this should put us in the stunning port of Honfleur for about midday and ready for lunch.
* should the weather be poor we will use some additional Autoroute to save time.
Following on from lunch we plan to keep to the D roads to our first stop at the famous Pegasus Bridge.
From the bridge and museum we head via the D roads and coastal roads passing the Gold and Juno beaches to our proposed chateau on the outskirts of Bayeux in plenty of time for people to relax and use the facilities or venture into the city for the museum, English cemetery or to visit the famous tapestry.
We have limited rooms reserved at the chateau.
We propose to use the restaurant in the chateau to enjoy the fine French cuisine but you are most welcome to make your own plans for dinner should you so wish. They have offered us a Half board package at 304 Euros
The Sunday will be a mid morning start reaching out to the West Peninsula towards Cherbourg where we start our main tour of the beaches and highlights of Normandy, we will head West to East starting at Sainte-mere-Englise and the American museum before our first beach of Utah and the other famous stops.
Mid afternoon will hopefully see us close to our starting point and the pretty town of Port en Bessin, where we will take lunch prior to leaving the area for a steady drive back via the Autoroute from Caen to Calais.
Other stops will include;
American Cemetery
German Cemetery
Point du hoc
Longues Battery
Arromanches (mulberry harbour)
Omoha Beach
www.chateau-de-sully.com Superior Double room €170 per room, breakfast would be €18 per person or Half-board Superior Double room at €304 "" includes dinner and Breakfast
www.eurotunnel.com £58 return leaving 06.50 on the 6th and returning on the 18.50 train on the 7th
Fully booked
garyw
