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Subject Topic: D-Day Beach Tours (questions)
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Personbadger54
14/6/2014 at 5:49pm
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There is a company based in Kent called Holts Tours that have been organising battlefield tours for years. If you do a Google search they will come up.


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If WW2 history is of interest you might find a visit to Dover Castle interesting. In the labrynth of tunnels in the chalk cliffs under the castle you can visit the preserved hq of operation Dynamo, the Dunkirk evacuation. These tunnels were origonally excavated by pow labour during the Napolionic wars. I believe Holt's Tours are based in Sandwich just a short way from Dover so you could possibly match something together.........Mick


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Quote: Originally posted by mickeyb on 14/6/2014
If WW2 history is of interest you might find a visit to Dover Castle interesting. In the labrynth of tunnels in the chalk cliffs under the castle you can visit the preserved hq of operation Dynamo, the Dunkirk evacuation. These tunnels were origonally excavated by pow labour during the Napolionic wars. I believe Holt's Tours are based in Sandwich just a short way from Dover so you could possibly match something together.........Mick


Thank you for the suggestion; I have already been to Dover Castle and probably will go again the next time I'm in the UK. Until that time, I really didn't realize (realise) just how close that part of England is to France. Although the day was quite overcast, I was able to see across the English Channel to the French coast.

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http://www.remembrancetravel.org.uk/

 

there's Poppy Travel as well- the RBL people who do Battlefield Tours, If you are coming to Europe in September I recommend Arnhem - it's the 70th annivesary of Op Market Garden. I went to the 65th and it was a wonderful occasion


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Having been to the D-day landing beaches several times here is my input to your question(s)

Both leger & Shearings are respected companies who provide excellent guides that all know their stuff.....They will do the main bits but as they have to cater for 50+ people on each coach time is a constant problem so you only get to scratch the surface of what's there.

There are many smaller companies that do WW2 Normandy tours (groups of 6=9 people) in small people carriers or Transit sized mini vans. Again these are mainly ex forces guides who all know their stuff....They have to in order to make a living plus they can tailor a tour to suit the smaller group....All findable via Google

90% of what you may want to see is all based along a single road, the D514.....Depart the ferry port at Caen (Ouisterham) and all the major D-day museums, bunkers, gun batteries and cemeteries are off this road. Car hire and a paper map is going to be very cheap when compared to the cost of paying a company and guide. All your research can be done at home via the internetwebcyberthing. You can take as long as you like at Omaha/Grand Camp Maisey, Arromanches, Pegasus Bridge, Merville or Longues sur Mer and a little further to St Mere Eglise and Le Fiere (Iron Mike) There are fantastic museums at most of these sites

I did it all on a pedal cycle camping at various places
http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/Penfoldsmith

but there are hotels and guesthouses aplenty if you want a bit of luxury.

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Personpath20
16/6/2014 at 2:12pm
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If you are coming overto the UK for a holiday please don't forget to come up north. We have just spent a week in Keswick in the Lake District and visited the northern lakes. Must be one of the most beautiful places on earth.


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Quote: Originally posted by path20 on 16/6/2014
If you are coming overto the UK for a holiday please don't forget to come up north. We have just spent a week in Keswick in the Lake District and visited the northern lakes. Must be one of the most beautiful places on earth.


I was actually in Keswick in late April during my last UK visit. When I was there, the weather wasn't great, but I still had an enjoyable time.    You're right; it's a beautiful area and I was planning to return.

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