From the top of the field

Friday chores done I went for a walk up the hills and around the village. This is the view from the top of the field looking down on the lane where we live.

A day for reflecting on 70 years ago. Living as we do on the south coast, it's humbling to think of the thousands who set off from these shores, a service was held this morning at 6am on the cliff tops above Lyme commemorating their service for us.

This afternoon I watched some of the BBC programme D-Day 70 with my parents. They told me about their memories of that day, aged 13 and 17, living in South London and the Kent Coast their stories were full of skies darkened by hundreds of planes heading for France and the knowledge that "This was it !"