Yesterday Jim and Ray (NZ) drove along the Normandy coast road looking at the various sites and the different variety of vehicles. There were lots of jeeps and nearly as many Dodges 4x4, 4x6 and some heavy vehicles.
The numbers of military personnel are starting to build up due to Barack Obama's visit and we heard that Prince Charles is also arriving for D-Day - the roads will be chaotic. There have also been quite a lot of military helicopters flying around.
Today Jim and I went to Arromanches which is not far up the coast from our caravan park and had a picnic lunch in a quiet little country road. We knew that once we arrived at Arromanches the traffic would be horrendous and not much chance of getting a spot along the ocean. There are a lot of old military vehicles around and of course, mobile homes in every available parking spot. It is a bit hard to detect the 'real' army from the 'dress up' army as some military enthusiasts go all out for this occasion and look a bit like Dad's Army. We are not used to seeing our members dressed up in full garb (thankfully).
Fortunately the weather has been perfect although there does look to be a change coming in.
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