Gold

Gold. But not as in the Spandau Ballet song. This is one of the five beaches stormed by the Allies on D-Day 6 June 1944.

We visited the Bayeux Tapestry on Tuesday morning (no photos allowed) then onto a nearby WWII British Cemetery, one of the many cemeteries in the area that are the last resting place of many who lost their lives during the conflict.

After lunch in Arromanches we had a chance to visit the D-Day Museum in the town and learn about the ingenious Mulberry Harbour, temporary piers of steel and concrete built in England and floated across the Channel where they were reassembled and from which artillery and other supplies were loaded ashore. Remnants of this can still be seen off-shore.

A long day, but a fascinating one.