Omaha beach : 5th & 6th August , La Combe 7th August

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We spent the day at the American cemetery for the Omaha landings and walking from there to the museum. Then we went out for pizza while the beach road cleared of cars and beach visitors then settled in for the night right on the beach side . 
The road with us parked for the night
View from our side window
A fabulous long wide white sand beach 
The many dead. American  soldiers 

It was so nice here we stayed a second day and even had a swim, not the easiest as it is so shallow for quite a long way out but a nice relief from the heat.

the night sky was amazing  and very clear you could see the milky way , we saw lots of satellites and P saw two comets, then the moon came up a dark orange colour.
sunset
the Omaha beach memorial, twice a day it is surrounded by water
a jelly fish  I'm glad to say we have only seen three all trip

tides in but still they build castles.


This morning we moved to La Cambe planning a bike ride to Pont du Hoc but the temperature went up to 39 today so P slept in the shade under the awning and I read a whole book. I got a text from my bank saying they suspected fraud on my bank card and after on line chat and finally a chat with a real person it was fraud, someone had tried to charge 60p and 90p to my bank card, so we cancelled it. Fortunately it is not the card I am using on holiday, scary though to think someone had the card details and was trying to get at my money....but they got none so thats ok.
well after 39 deg today and still 27.
tonights camp, we have huge sites and only 6 groups of  people staying


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