Pt 3. A VISIT TO JUNO AND THE BEACHES OF NORMANDY

Probably not our most joyful location, however, as we head back to the UK, we have a few days exploring the Normandy before catching the ferry. We visit Juno beach as it is a stones throw from the ferry port.
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[@douglashouston81]

Every time I see those beaches my mind goes back in time to the thousands of young men who lost their life's on both sides.war truly is awful. And you would think that a war to end all wars, would have some impact on our current list of useless leaders, but alas no 😢. Our youngest are sacrificed at the altar of greed and power, and innocent civilians are slaughtered around the world,in wars we hear about and those considered not worthy to talk about by our bought and paid for Media. Sad sad 😢. Have a great week guys 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️

[@StevenGodfrey3956]

Well said Douglas 👏

[@douglashouston81]

@@StevenGodfrey3956 thanks Stephen 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🕊️

[@adventurevanfreddie]

Hi there Douglas. Well our friend, your words are sadly so true and unfortunately justified. An incredibly sad area where you cannot help but contemplate the whole meaning of war and it's purpose. Enough said from us our friend, you've said it all for everyone....thank you! Take care and all the very....very best as always. 👍💙❤️🙏

[@douglashouston81]

@@adventurevanfreddie I did mean to say that the video was done with a lot of respect, matched by the lump in your throat.🕊️

[@PAK2133]

Thank you, I have followed you for a long time now and have enjoyed all your videos, your relaxed ways, and detail to what you do. Today's video was typical of that, the music played while visiting the beach was very respectful to the fallen. Well done.

[@adventurevanfreddie]

Thank you so much for your kind words, they're really appreciated by us both. Take care and all the very best, Tony and Claire.

[@alanwright8478]

Special vlog Tony, everyone should visit the DDay beaches, very thought provoking and emotional, and now on to Scotland. Well done both. ❤❤Al

[@adventurevanfreddie]

Thank you Al, we appreciate your kind words. Indeed, a very emotional place, sadness for the fallen and joy for the freedom of watching children play in the sand, having fun. A very mixed atmosphere! Yep, Scotland here we come. Take care our friend and all the very best as always. 👍💙❤️🚐

[@kieranbuckley3256]

Nice upload Tony and Claire Great to remember so many young Guys who Faught and Died so we can live the way we live Today 🇮🇪👍🚐😀

[@adventurevanfreddie]

Thanks Kieran. We couldn't say it any better than your comment. The ultimate sacrifice for our way of life. Many thanks as always for watching and for taking the time to leave the comment. Hope you're well and all the best. Tony and Claire. 👍💙❤️🇮🇪🚐

[@StevenGodfrey3956]

Good video . Left me with a lump in my throat thinking about all those poor soldiers gunned down 😢. It must have been horrific for them knowing what was about to happen. REAL HEROES NEVER TO BE REPLICATED !!! Very sad ..... Forever in our thoughts. LEST WE FORGET 🙏

[@adventurevanfreddie]

Hi there buddy. Yep, a very sad history and sombre place. Like I said in the video, they gave so many lives then, to allow us all to be able to have fun and walk along the beaches today😢👍. Lest We Forget👌💙❤️. Hope you're well buddy and many thanks for watching as always. Speak soon and all the very best. 👍💙❤️🚐📷👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@lizgillies3564]

Hey guys thank you for this video it must have been quite a somber experience being on the Normandy beach 😢I love all the information you guys share with us. I think we learn quite a bit more from you guys ❤. I hope you get a good crossing back over stay safe and take care ❤❤

[@adventurevanfreddie]

💙❤️Thank you as always for leaving the kind comment and we're glad that you enjoyed it. Indeed, it's very much a strange area along the Normandy beaches; in one breath you remember the sacrifice made by so many, and in another, you're listening to children's laughter as they play on the beach.....a strange feeling indeed😢🤔😀. Yep, at the very.....very end of the video after the outro, you'll see that we landed safely back in England lol. Our thanks is with you as always, take care and all the very best. Tony and Claire. 👍💙❤️🚐. Scotland here we come! 💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️

[@lizgillies3564]

Great you are coming to Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 maybe see you in Skye soon 🤔👌👏👏

[@adventurevanfreddie]

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[@kenjohnson6784]

Hi guys, Great video as always👍 Just been watching Steps to Adventurs latest upload and I'm pretty sure Claires dad was in the background🤔 Well his car at least, Stay safe

[@adventurevanfreddie]

Well observed Ken, it was Ian indeed, a while back now as he was making his way towards Spain. Are you positive that you weren't in the Royal Observer Corps lol. 👍🔭

[@kenjohnson6784]

@adventurevanfreddie 🤣 no I wasn't, maybe I missed my true vocation in life🤔

[@brendan190770]

Great vid, not far to Scotland nooo wee yins 😄, safe sailing !!

[@adventurevanfreddie]

Haha, indeed, not too far now our friend and we'll be in beautiful Scotland💙❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍. Many thanks for watching and all the best. Tony and Claire.

[@richarddickson3211]

I was in France in 2022, and visited the Pegasus bridge memorial museum, well worth it, where lord lovat. And his troops and his piper bill millin , relived the glider troops to take the bridge, where they came ashore there is a bronze statue of bill millin, as a memorial. Great video. Wish the weather was like that now!!!!

[@adventurevanfreddie]

Hi there, many thanks for watching and for taking the time to leave the comment. Yes, Pegasus bridge is in our 'places to vist' journal for a future visit. Ian (Claire's dad) has visited and recommends it also. Thanks for the information and recommendation, it's very much appreciated. Take care and all the best, Tony and Claire.

[@robertpate1303]

Hi guys fantastic filming and well told. We was there in may and was moving the museum and history so we'll explained. The was cemetery s was so moving and well kept. I'm away to look back at our pictures of that visit. Take care and stay safe R& J

[@adventurevanfreddie]

Hi there Rob and Jane. Yep, a very moving place. Sadly, all along that particular coast is a very sombre history. We remember very well standing in the Omaha American war cemetery, it simply took our breath away the amount of soldiers that died around the time of the D Day Landings. Yes, it's very important to look back at photos and footage from time to time, it's too easy to forget these special places. Many thanks for watching as always and we hope that you both have a great week. All the very best, Tony and Claire.

[@geoffhughes453]

Hi guys. Good vid, we are hoping to get across to do the landing beaches in May. It really makes you think of what it must have been like for the troops when they came a shore. Brave brave people. Take care guys.

[@adventurevanfreddie]

Hi, many thanks for watching. Yep, it definitely does make you think how atrocious it must have been for those brave men. The beaches are incredible, in one way the make you very sad, however, when you see the kids playing in the sand and hear folks laughter along the beaches.....well.....they're unique places to be. Have a great time when you visit and definitely include Omaha if you can and the American war cemetery. All the very best, Tony and Claire.

[@ianross04]

Hi T&C! Has to be one of your finest vlogs. Thought provoking stuff mate. On a brighter subject, face is still looking 'Well 'ard' and warry 😂

[@adventurevanfreddie]

Thanks mate, very kind of you👍, glad you liked it. Yep, the face is definitely on the mend, however, my beauty pageant days are now sadly over😭😂. Take care our friend and all the very best.

[@Garncec]

Somber! It’s crazy it’s still happening today in other countries but thank god people like you pair choose the career you did to stop it happening in the uk. Great video and class as always!

[@adventurevanfreddie]

Hey up buddy, hope you're well. Yep, nothing ever learnt through war other than greed, power and the devastation of innocent lives. Many thanks as always for watching and for taking the time to leave the comment. All the very best our friend.

[@bettyourcampervan]

I have done the graves in Franve and came away crying! Another great video guys ❤

[@adventurevanfreddie]

Hey up buddy. Yep, I know the feeling only too well our friend. Some of these places are truly sad....devastating! Many thanks as always for watching and for taking the time to leave the comment. Hope you're well and all the very best. Tony and Claire. 👍💙❤️🚐👍

[@bettyourcampervan]

@@adventurevanfreddie am fine now Betty passed her MOT after 3 attempts 🤣🤣 thank you for the reply as always ❤️

[@adventurevanfreddie]

@@bettyourcampervan Well done Betty, you live for another year!👍💙❤️

[@bettyourcampervan]

@@adventurevanfreddie yep 🤣🤣🤣

[@Someones-garden]

Looking forward to new adventures with you in Scotland. Love from snowy Norway.

[@adventurevanfreddie]

Hello sunny Norway!! Hmmm, we must say that we're a little jealous, Norway is simply incredible....an amazing country! Many thanks for watching and for taking the time to leave the comment. Safe travels if you're on them and all the very best, Tony and Claire.

[@Someones-garden]

Enjoy the coffee@@adventurevanfreddie

[@adventurevanfreddie]

@@Someones-garden Ah, it was you! Thank you so much! 👍💙❤️🚐

[@kenredgate3690]

Hopefully after our Spanish trip we'll be back over to Aramanches for the 80th D Day anniversary . As you know I'm ex forces so have a keen interest . Great vlog both , see you on the next one .

[@adventurevanfreddie]

Hi Ken. Indeed, it's very important to continue to attend these sombre gatherings to pay our respect, and I only hope that future generations will continue after we're long gone my friend. I hope that you are both having fun in the sun, take care and all the best. Safe travels.

[@ciaranoconnor6783]

A few years ago I worked in Rouen and took the opportunity to visit the Normandy beaches. I looked at some of the comments whilst in one of the many cemeteries I read some of the comments in the visitors book. One comment in particular made me choke. Some people from Australia obviously had found the grave of their relative and had written , ( We never realised our grand father had won a VC )

[@adventurevanfreddie]

Many thanks for watching and for taking the time to leave the comment. Wow, what an incredible story...a sad very sad one indeed. So many heroes, some we hear about and others that we unfortunately don't. Very sad, but I bet the Australian family are incredibly proud. Thanks again and all the very best, Tony and Claire.

[@nickwilkins3616]

Hi Tony/Claire, must of been a strange feeling putting yourself on the beach after what went on, years ago we went to Inverness and saw Culloden battle field , very eerie could here a pin drop! Lots of respect for those poor soles, safe travels you two. Nick and Claire

[@adventurevanfreddie]

Hi there both. Yes, a very strange feeling, however, in a strange way a good feeling. People free to walk up and down the beach, kids playing in the sand.....hopefully, those men who sadly lost their lives will feel as though the price they all paid was worth it. Yes, definitely, Culloden also has a very eerie feel to it. When we visited you couldn't hear the birds singing. Indeed, a lot of respect for all of the folk that gave their lives for our 'way of life'. Many thanks as always for watching and all the very best. Take care, Tony and Claire.

[@robinjones6999]

Nicely done. I guess you could get into a deep rabbit hole with the french now and then and de Gaule. I dont think the kids today appreciate the horror that young men went through during those times in order to change the world for the better - is it better?? (Rabbit Hole ahead). Thanks for the upload

[@adventurevanfreddie]

Thank you buddy. Yep, plenty of rabbit holes when we consider war. I suppose that 'no' war is better than war, however, hopefully if those young heroes are looking down on the Normandy beaches, they will see children playing in the sand and that folks are free to walk the beaches without the oppression inflicted by another country. A rabbit hole for sure our friend. All the very best, Tony and Claire.

[@lechat4534]

Bretan ?....

[@adventurevanfreddie]

Haha, yep, a little mistake by Claire, she used Bretangne instead of Normandy. Oh well!

[@Garncec]

The scar looks mean… think if they make another Godfather you’ll be in it. Looking better pal👍

[@adventurevanfreddie]

Haha😂🤣, the Godfather😎. And you buddy, take care👍