Cycle Tour The Channel Tour

In the morning sunny, later overcast with a grey sky. In the evening a few drops of rain. Moderate south westerly wind, thus headwind fist and tailwind later. Towards evening the wind settled almost totally.

In the morning we dry our clothes, that we've been washing the evening before, in bushes and on our bikes - visit at Utah Beach museum with outdoor effects and the beach itself - we go away from the coast road to a Danish war memorial in honour of seamen taking part in D-day operations and Sante-Marie-du-Mont, which is the main town for the parachuters June 6, 1944 - we go by their museum because of lack of time. Every unit of every participating countrys armed forces seem to have their own D-day museum! - through the somewhat dull town of Carentan - lunch at Isigny-sur-Mer (croque monsieur) - nice tailwind to the German soldier cemetary of La Cambe - at Pointe du Hoc the visitor centre is already closed, but we go for a good stroll past pillboxes and bomb craters to the memorial for the US Rangers' act of heroism here - short trip to the camp site of Omaha Beach camping high above the beach - a short look at the many outdoor objects of a small museum here with original landing craft and canons - in the evening we go for a walk down to the beach and have a luxurious meal with dessert at a restaurant with a spectacular view of the empty sea bottom, which was covered by the sea while we ate. Peculiar sight. Eight vertical meters difference between low and high tide!