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Mont-Saint-Michel at the end of the path through the fields
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Normandy

Four days by car, from a Breton castle to the D-Day beaches.

12 – 15 August 2025

Fougères

Mont-Saint-Michel →

First evening, at the castle.

12 August

5:22 pm. Fougères castle, the town above it.
5:22 pm. Fougères castle, the town above it.
A table laid as in the Middle Ages, inside the walls.
A table laid as in the Middle Ages, inside the walls.
6:36 pm. The town from across the valley.
6:36 pm. The town from across the valley.

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← FougèresCaen →

Parked far out, the rest on foot.

13 August

2:59 pm, the footbridge.
2:59 pm, the footbridge.
The village below the abbey, then a giant moon inside it.The village below the abbey, then a giant moon inside it.
The village below the abbey, then a giant moon inside it.
4:59 pm. The bay at low tide, from the top.
4:59 pm. The bay at low tide, from the top.
6:20 pm, on the way back.
6:20 pm, on the way back.

Caen

← Mont-Saint-MichelOmaha Beach →

The Memorial, before the beaches.

14 August

Noon, the Caen Memorial.
Noon, the Caen Memorial.

Omaha Beach

← CaenCherbourg →

Late afternoon on the sand.

14 August

6:14 pm. The flags of the Allied nations, facing the sea.
6:14 pm. The flags of the Allied nations, facing the sea.
Les Braves, the sculpture standing in the sand of Omaha.
Les Braves, the sculpture standing in the sand of Omaha.

Cherbourg

← Omaha BeachUtah Beach →

A night by the harbour, a morning inside a submarine.

14 – 15 August

10:09 pm, the marina.
10:09 pm, the marina.
Next morning, the harbour and a cruise ship at the quay.
Next morning, the harbour and a cruise ship at the quay.
Le Redoutable, France’s first nuclear submarine, and its control room under red light.Le Redoutable, France’s first nuclear submarine, and its control room under red light.
Le Redoutable, France’s first nuclear submarine, and its control room under red light.
The torpedo tubes, at the bow.
The torpedo tubes, at the bow.
Cherbourg, where the Titanic called in 1912.
Cherbourg, where the Titanic called in 1912.

Utah Beach

← Cherbourg

The last beach, in the afternoon.

15 August

5:12 pm. A Sherman tank by the museum.
5:12 pm. A Sherman tank by the museum.
The American and French flags above the dunes.
The American and French flags above the dunes.
5:33 pm, Utah Beach.
5:33 pm, Utah Beach.

End of the line

If you go

What I’d tell a friend before the trip.

Walk in from the car park.

Forty minutes through the fields, the Mont growing with every step.

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Climb up to the abbey.

The bay at low tide, seen from the top.

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Go inside Le Redoutable in Cherbourg.

A real nuclear submarine, from the control room to the torpedoes.

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Go to Omaha Beach late in the day.

Evening light on Les Braves.

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