Le Carnage weekend to Normandy

Wow I hope this ferry has loads of bike parking!

My preference is to camp centrally and visit the sites from the central base. I stayed at a camp site at Luc Sur Mer, which is right on Juno Beach, and everything was in easy day trip reach.

Places defo worth a look.

Omaha beach and American Cememtry
Pegasus Bridge and Airbourne Museum
Bayeaux British Cemetry and brilliant museum opposite
Point du hoc
Arromanches 360 museum
Merville Battery
Juno Beach Memorial
Utah Beach Memorial

Much more than that and will be struggling.

Remember there has to be lots of time for beer and pizza too!

Thinking even more about it. Defo stay in one camp site and travel from it. It will be way to much of an ar5e taking everything down and setting up again. The actual length of coast with the beaches on isn't actually that big!

I looked on google maps and from le havre to the furthest POI on that map i linked to is only about 130 miles so if we camp centrally, nothing is gonna be more than 100 miles away.

Originally Posted by specialone

I looked on google maps and from le havre to the furthest POI on that map i linked to is only about 130 miles so if we camp centrally, nothing is gonna be more than 100 miles away.

Couldn't agree more!

Ok, Just had a quick gander, campsites around here should put us fairly central to the sites and close to the coast.

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The Museum at Utah Beach is well worth a visit.

The American Cemetery at Omaha Beach was probably the most sobering experience of my entire life.

Its a bit Further away, but I really enjoyed the Pegasus Bridge Visitors centre as well.

There were loads of places that we just didnt get to when we went, I would pick selectively what I wanted to visit and maximise my time at each one rather than trying to rush around and fit loads of stuff in.

Whereever you go it's really interesting. IIRC theres a pass that you can buy at any of the museums that gets you discounted entry into the rest of them. Which can save a bit of money as well.

Camping centrally no problem for me, saves me carrying soft luggage every day, no such thing as lockable panniers for my bike. What I would say though is French campsites can be thieving grounds. I guess the risk of leaving luggage on the bikes whilst parked up somewhere is no worse.

In terms of things to see, that link I posted say " The Caen Memorial is easily the best of the WWII museums"

Originally Posted by -Ralph-

Camping centrally no problem for me, saves me carrying soft luggage every day, no such thing as lockable panniers for my bike. What I would say though is French campsites can be thieving grounds. I guess the risk of leaving luggage on the bikes whilst parked up somewhere is no worse.

In terms of things to see, that link I posted say " The Caen Memorial is easily the best of the WWII museums"

Mate, you can get racks to fit hard panniers or top box for any bike, might be worth an investment?
Dan fitted his givi stuff on to his sprint from his Sv, once youve bought them they are pretty much for life then.

Originally Posted by specialone

Mate, you can get racks to fit hard panniers or top box for any bike, might be worth an investment?
Dan fitted his givi stuff on to his sprint from his Sv, once youve bought them they are pretty much for life then.

Looked before mate, all I found was the Ventura system which is still soft luggage and costs a bomb, or a standard sports rack which you can then fit a universal top box to. I'll manage with soft panniers and a tank bag that I can take with me for camera, passport, wallet, etc. If they want to steal my dirty underpants and a couple of T'shirts and they are welcome to them.

If you come across hard luggage for a 2004 onward Daytona though, post up a link.

I can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to this. It's going to be an epic but very sobering weekend.

Thanks for organising this Phil.