Monday 25 May

Uncomfortable bed – bad night’s sleep. Woke at 6.15am to thunder, lightning and very heavy, noisy rain.

The weather was co-operative and cleared when I moved the car out of the carpark to avoid paying. We went to the Arromanches D-Day Museum which had an excellent movie about how the Mulberry Harbours we put together. It answered a lot of questions I had from 2006.

Then it was on the Caen Memorial Museum. We spent many hours in this museum as it is brilliant. The experience was spoilt by an invasion of school groups – both young and old (16-18). All were noisy, poorly behaved and poorly supervised. Whilst we were in the museum it rained heavily but cleared so we could walk around the American garden and waterfall. We also went to the Nobel Peace Prize winners gallery.

Next was a long drive to Pointe du Hoc for a visit and then, because it was getting late, just a drive by and look from the carpark at the guns of Longues-sur-mer. Enough of D-Day for Tina!

Excellent meal!