Normandy - Day 3

Today we were travelling eastward to the impressive remains of the Longues sur Mer battery and then the remains of the Mulberry Harbour at Arromanches.

A Russian Putilov 76mm field gun captured in 1941 then used as part of the Longes sur Mer battery defences

Gun bunker

Interior view

Next bunker with useful cyclists for scale

Ditto

All four bunkers

The observation bunker, no longer accessible as it is starting to slip down the cliff, They filmed some scenes from "the Longest Day" here.

The view across to the Mulbery harbour remains

Final view of the bunkers and the Normandy coast cycle track

Arromaches view back to the Longues sur Mer battery

View along the shore, the weather was pretty wild.

The closest pontoon

Free French sherman tank on the east side of Arromanches, apparently part of the 2ieme Division Blindee landed here.

A useful map of the "British" beaches

A view of the Phoenix caissons

A final view of Arromanche, taken from the east looking west