War graves/bech landings Itinerary
We have a week off from Fri 25 Nov. Weather permitting we were toying with a week in France with our caravan spending a couple of days doing the war graves and WW1 sites followed by a couple of days doing the beach landing WW2 sites. Has anyone done this independently that could advise? I susepct it would be difficult this time of year with may sites closed. And to compound it we would like to take our 2 small dogs (they already have their passports). Any advice? Sorry about my mis-spelling of beach in the title by the way; typo.
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Take the ferry from Portsmouth to Caen - well it actually lands at Ouistreham . Camping des Capucines is just the other side of the river mouth and is one of the few in the area which is open all year. You are within reach of WW2 sites such as Pegasus bridge, the landing beach and museums at Arromanches, the British military cemetery at Bayeux, and afterwards lunch at Le Villa de Luc on the seafront at Luc sur Mer. But WW1 was miles away.
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I googled campsites Picardy and came up with a site called Camping Les Hortensias in Vraignes en Vermandois which is open when you want. It is convenient for lots of WW1 cemetaries and Thiepval. We were in that area in September and if you are interested
in what is around there my blog isjennyandjohngocaravanning.wordpress.com
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We stopped in Caen itself overnight in our motorhome next to the D-Day Museum and Gardens. Well worth a look and not far by car from the campsite mentioned by Eurotraveller. Entry fees to some of the exhibits.
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I'm a fan of Belgium and I always enjoy visiting Ypres and nearby Kemmel. Both have excellent campsites, though I'm not sure about their open dates. They are also great for exploring WW1 history.
An interesting WW2 site is 'La Coupole' at St.Omer. A vast underground complex for construction of V2 rockets. Again there is a site quite near at Arques.
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