On 4 - 8 June 2018, volunteer cabbies from the Taxi Charity escorted 25 WWII veterans on a trip to Normandy.
Their busy itinerary was as follows:
Monday 4 June 2018 21:30 Arrival at the Brittany Ferries terminal in Ouistreham
Tuesday 5 June 2018 11:00 Ceremony at Memorial Pegasus
12:30 Lunch at Restaurant Les 3 Planeurs (The 3 Gliders), just across the Pegasus Bridge
14:00 Shuttle back to the Memorial Pegasus for the 14:30 ceremony with 300 schoolchildren
24:00 Back to the Memorial Pegasus for the Midnight ceremony
Wednesday 6 June 2018
10:00 Royal British Legion service at the Bayeux Cathedral
11:00 Airborne ceremony at Ranville CWGC
12:00 Royal British Legion service at Bayeux CWGC
14:00 Lunch at the Restaurant Le Normandie, Arromanches
Thursday 7 June 2018 10:00 Ceremony at Grangues
13:00 Lunch at Frédéric & Marie Lamotte’s farm in Amfreville
Friday 8 June 2018 10:30 Hillman Site
12:30 Lunch at the Restaurant L’Accostage, Ouistreham
14:00 Bill Millin’s statue
14:30 Return home Brittany Ferries
The full set of 150+ photos can be viewed on our Flickr channel.