A trip to France
 

Well me and the D3 are currently in France. Crossed this morning to calais now heading to Normandy

Enjoy. The D3 is made for it.

How was Calais? Enjoy your holiday +++

Don't forget Arromanche, Pegasus Bridge, Caen and Bayeux.
Lovely area, but then I do know and like most of France.

We are staying in a gite about 15 miles from Vire. Lovely and quiet. Did not see anyone trying to get into lorries when leaving the calais end of the tunnel.

And a picture just now it's 26c and no clouds.

Know the area well, many coach trips over the years.
Rented a chateau in St James a few years back about 25 miles South West from you.

J'adore, Vive la France!!

We try and get over 2-3 times a year. Enjoy🇫🇷😀☀️🇫🇷😀☀️🇫🇷

Belle France
I'll admit my German is much better than my French

Paid a visit to Omaha beach today, still hot weather. Sad to think what happened here all those years ago.

Did you visit the museum at the side of Arromanche square?
If not you missed a god one.
One of the many schools I took there had a Polish teacher due for retirement and he had told me of some of his D Day exploits. When I informed one of the attendants there he collared the Curator who came and spoke with us. Turned out that the Polish guy was one of their missing heroes. Within minutes all the town dignatries arrived and a medal was presented to the Polish teacher.

It was really hot yesterday, as the dashboard on the proclaimed late in the afternoon.

Was a scortcher here yesterday too. Hotter later this week for you I believe. Enjoy😀

They, Radio 2, said Paris was 40c today.

Can't quite match that. 32.5c showing right now on my S8, parked in the shade in Buckinghamshire.

I live overlooking the Lot river , on the valley floor it was 41C yesterday
but where I live up in the hills [ almost 1000 metres ] it seems it was only 37C ...glad I'm here in the new forest , only 32C

Sunny Swindon today -

Well I've made it back to the UK and currently in Hertfordshire, drove through Vire in Normandy up to Calais (Vire, Caen, Le Havre, Calais) before doing some shopping and catching the Eurotunnel back to the UK.

By the time I get back to Dorset tonight I'll have covered just over 2000 miles in 2 weeks in the D3, car never missed a beat at all.

Never saw the temperature get up to that level again, but did see 31C on Friday.

The landing beaches of Normandy have quiet a sobering thought, looking today its almost impossible to understand what happened on them all those years ago now.

I drove all along the coast from Saint Laurent Sur Mer, to Arromanches. We only went into the Overlord museum at Omaha beach (opposite the american cemetery), quiet an eye opener.

Hi Mannyo,
Glad you managed at least one of the museums. Very sobering. Over the years I have visited all the museums and military cemetries in the western European countries. Also most of the concentration camps. Those were the days when as well as driving the coach I had to do the Tour Managing job.
The coast drive you did can be a very nice experience. I have stayed in most of the towns and villages along the coast.
Welcome home.