Just come back from a great trip to Normandy, 6 guys, 3 cars, Vx220 Turbo, Exige and an Alfa 3.0 spider. Roofs off and 4 days of sunny driving on great, beautifully surfaced roads. We stayed in Ouistreham which for a French town was real surprise, having a great beach, beach bars, plenty of restaurants and shock horror, bars actually open after 10, and it seemed willing to stay open a lot later than that.
The French always seem to love sports cars (as they seem so rare there) and the VX as ever gets a huge amount of interest and the three of us made a good sounding noise wherever we went!.
The excuse was to visit the 5 D day beaches and other related sites. Did 400 miles all in and can recommend Normandy for some good driving.
The D Day coast is well worth a vist to see what an incredible thing they did. Omaha and point du hoc really bring it home and the commonwealth war graves near Oustreham is well worth the visit.
Sounds possibly a gloomy idea but wasn't and, was very much about seeing where it went on and paying respects for what they did, plus having a good drive around all followed by a 'few' beers and some good grub.
Highly recommend it (watch 'The longest day' before you go.)
Martin s
