From there to.... Buron

On our way from Arromanches back to  Courselles Sur Mer ,  our tour diverted to the village of Buron to help us do something we hadn't been able to do in the past.  On the way there we passed these beautiful villages.

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Ferns grow on a wall

Arromanches - Port Winston 1944

Arromanches was a lovely little town.  It is the site of the artificial harbour floated across from England in 1944. We had a wonderful lunch, time in the museum, and the beach with war planes flying over head. What more could you ask for.

 The cliffs above Arromanches (Port Winston 1944)

The harbour in the distance...

The plan for the harbour....

the beach at Arromanches while the tide is out

Parts of Port Winston, the artificial harbour, visible at  low tide.

Juno Ceremony

Juno was a mad house. We waited in the heat for 3 and 1/2 hours. Health workers handed out water and veterans were invited into the Centre to get out of the heat. If you got a chair you were lucky. I got lucky and Ken got very lucky..... He was six rows back from the memorial.

The best pics I have are the ones below.

Prince Charles gives a compelling speech.

The last post..... From the roof of the centre.

Jim Jenkins our vet and Oscar who had tours in Afganistan.

Security on Juno Beach no one could go out there.

Beny Sur Mer Cemetary.

This commonwealth Cemetary is very beautiful. Since the last time we were here they have added more to it. The Prime Minister happened to be coming in the same day we were there. Ken and I did want to lay a wreath at his uncle's grave and then we just spent time placing flags at all the Highland Light Infantry graves.

Cpl. Francis Weitzel'si grave.

Ken and I with Ted Barris, who hosted the tour.

From the back of the Cemetary,hundreds of  poppies.

On the other side of the fence behind the Cemetary.... A pill box.

Prime Minister Harper before laying a wreath at Beny Sur Mer.

The wreath for the PM. Mrs. Harper laid the bouquet.

Pegasus Beach Ceremonies

Pegasus Beach Centre is a museum dedicated to the para troopers that landed near there on D-Day 1944.  We saw fly overs and para trooper drops and saw the wooden gliders used as part of the offensive. 

Really brought it home to us. There was a formal dedication that day so the place was mobbed!

Gliders litter the landscape on D-Day, 1944.

A glider to peek into , made of plywood!

Tributes to the paratroopers who lost their lives. All flowers.

Paratroopers drop down during the Pegasus event.

This plane dropped the paratroopers.  Large parts  of Normandy were a no fly zone during this week as only vintage planes were flying.

Spitfire escorts for the bombers.

On the tee shirts " I am a child of freedom, mercie chere veterans".

More from Juno Beach

This next series of pictures is from the beach that many Canadian soldiers landed on at Courselles Sur Mer. The next town, Bernieres sur Mer is where Cpl. Francis Weitzel landed.

Normandy June 2014

We arrived in Normandy June 3 and can honestly say we have not had any time to post mon this travel blog!

We visited so many places around Juno Beach as well as Beny Sur Mer (the Commonwealth Cemetery), that we virtually had no extra time.  We also got the chance to visit Buron, where Ken's Uncle was killed.  More about that later. 

I'll upload some of the best pics and events.  

All the above pictures are from the Juno Centre museum.