Moving down the Caen Hill locks
After such a long time in one place it was a real treat to move again. The sunshine and warm spring like day made for an enjoyable trip. Paul came at 10 o'clock to help. Vic, Paul and Ann set up the locks in front as we progressed down
moving & exams
I'm sick of moving. It's only 2 1/2 weeks since the last time. Well, I'll have to do it, so no point in complaining, right? And the place isn't exactly big, so I can't bring everything I own like I normally would have done .
The new newsroom
When I was a columnist on the San Francisco Examiner — writing six days a week, 1500 words a day, forever in search of the few item-crumbs legendary Chronicle columnist Herb Caen dropped between dots — I remember the managing editor
BKN: Day 3/4
Doug's got a strong bunch of units in Caen, so I still feel nervous about moving the units protecting Juno beach. Letting him contest the beaches, and possibly winning, could get embarrassing real quick.
The Gadfly On The Wall
On July 18, 1944, over Caen, France, his aircraft took an anti-aircraft burst in the bombay door area and crashed into the English Channel several hundred yards off shore. Barney died in the crash, forever 20.
BKN: Day 6/7
*G Moved off board units *A Omaha Beach - automatic bridge repair - move armor unit to Colombieres, capturing bridge *G Bombard Trevieres +3 10/7 = +0 = NE *A Bombard Carentan +7 7/4 +10 - all drop to D1 *G Moved units up around Caen
Pont-Aven & Bretagne St Malo & Caen
It took some time for deck 5 to start moving, but once off we were quickly out of the port (no immigration checks once again) and heading to the walled city for breakfast. Parking in St Malo was at a premium thanks to a fun fair (nice
We plan next week and the Save our Waterways Protest at Devizes
We will be moving down the Caen Hill Flight of Locks on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday of next week leaving NP2 here in Devizes Here we are at the bottom of the flight in January 2004 curtisy of Ron’s (AKA Foul_old_Ron) camera.
The Road to Vire, Saint-Charles-de-Percy and Operation Bluecoat
It was a great ride and, just off it, I visited the British cemetery at Saint-Cahrles-de-Percy, which was quite a moving place. The American cemeteries have the stark white marble crosses and stars of David, but are bare except for name
Books, Films and TV :: RE: What are you reading?
American XV Corps entered Le Mans on August 9th and then advanced rapidly northwards, capturing Alencon before moving towards Ecouche, then Argentan. Meanwhile, Montgomery had broken the German front south of Caen despite stiff
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