Today was one of the easy days, we just had about 50 miles to cover and it was all pretty flat. There was the standard cheeky hill at the start then onto the real speed cycling, we averaged about 20 mph today.
We started the day with a short trip from Bayeux up to Arromaches where we were treated to a visit to the museum and a 360 cinema show, this was amazing, it was a video of the landings but all around you. We also had a wreath laying at the coast where a habour was built in a few days by the british forces. There we were also treated to a talk from Uncle John who had been part of the invasion.
After lunch we moved onto Mereville where we visited an Gun Battery defence which was in use as part of the Nazi's Atlantic wall built to defend continental Europe from Allied invasion. It was one of the first places to be attacked by Allied forces on D Day.
Onwards we travelled to Pegasus Bridge where a ceremony was held at the sight of the liberation and then a second at the Café Gondrée which is now run by Arlette Gondrée, who was a small child living in the home when it was liberated. Free drinks were laid on by Madam Gondrée.
From here we travelled on to Caen to our hotels, it was here that I struggled to find the white markers and ended up 5km away from where I needed to be...ah well!
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