It’s official. Cycling the Line: Part Deux IS ON! Longer, tougher and generally more painful than ever, Steve and I are dusting off the panniers and the padded shorts and will be getting back on the bikes for another gentle ride across a large chunk of continental Europe in order to raise a few quid [...]

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To celebrate and remember the Allied landings on the Normandy beaches, here are a few interesting facts about this most historic and heroic day. The codename given by the Allies for the overall  invasion was ‘Operation Overlord’. The invasion took place over 61miles of beaches. The beaches were split into 5 sectors and given the [...]

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With the sad but inevitable news that Claude Choules, the last surviving veteran from WW1 passed away earlier this week, I guess the press will be full of articles about their lives, television programmes dedicated to their memory and a renewed interest, for a while, in the “Great War”. That we remember those who fought [...]

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I always think back on this day – the anniversary of the allied beach landings on the Normandy coast - about a trip that I did with a good buddy of mine, Andy Wootten, a few years back. (I want to say 2004, but my memory is shocking and that could be wrong). Andy’s Dad took part in [...]

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