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MLU meetup Normandy: 4 June 2024
All,
Just like in 2019, we are planning for a Maple Leaf Up meetup in Normandy next year. This thread is to gauge interest in a gathering of Canadian and British WW2 military vehicle enthusiasts in June 2024. If there is, we need to collectively pinpoint a date and location best suited. In 2019, we used the overflow car park at Longues sur Mer where a bunch of friends of mine set up camp every year. As that site has been redeveloped, were are now looking out for a new venue. Pieter Bergman has already done some reccying this year. So please help to determine a suitable:
Thanks in advance!
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Sounds great to me, i´ll try to be there.
Depending on a place to stay, the location we would stay is currently uncertain so i´m on the lookout for another place to stay a few days with my kids.... Rgds. Sjoerd
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Sounds good!
I know there is a general G503 Jeep meet "next door" at Luc-sur-Mer planned for the 7th at 16:00. Well, if the "Canucks", say, meet for a luncheon at Courseulles-sur-Mer (in the parking at Quai des Freres Laberques) next to the Memorial Canadien, that might work. And then the Jeeps move on to Luc? I know France, but maybe the Centre Juno Beach supports it or even Canadian officials?
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Update 11-Feb
As you may have heard, the Batterie de Longues site has been remodeled. The field behind the tourist office has now been transformed into a large car park, and the tourist office was replaced by a new building.
At this point in time, the municipality of Longues sur Mer is offering a field behind the batteries to set up our small camp where we can host the MLU Meetup. Date is set for the morning of 7 June, which we think can dovetail with other events in the afternoon at Arromanches and Port en Bessin. We may want to reconsider, but as the week of 6 June is crammed with events it may be a matter of making the right choices. Stay tuned and keep us posted if you plan on attending! Source: https://actu.fr/normandie/longues-su..._30512179.html
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Beste Hanno
We want to thank Stefan for doing all the leg work and it looks like there will be four more MLU members in Normandy this year. Stefan Leegwater, Brian Gough, Les Fisher and myself have made plans to attend so hopefully we can meet up with the rest of you. Cheers Barry
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And us
Thanks Stefan,
We would like to attend in three qualifying vehicles: F60S Lynx I MkIII* Morris CS8 |
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Hello Alistair, Stefan is handling three Canadian visitors, I’m handling the MLU Meetup. Looking forward to seeing you again!
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Note: meetup rescheduled to 4 June
At our Longues sur Mer camp meeting yesterday we discussed the options for organising the MLU Meetup. With too many things going on during 6-7-8 June, we decided to reschedule the meeting to Tuesday 4 June at 10:00 hrs.
The location will be the field next to where the Meetup was 5 years ago. More info will follow later. Looking forward to meeting you there!
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1944 – 2024: 80th anniversary of d-day and the battle of normandy
Here's a link to the official French website with all the information for the 80th commemoration events:
https://en.normandie-tourisme.fr/hig...rsary-of-d-day
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Meetup 4 June - update
Update:
Type of event:
Note: if we are able to run this event with minimal nuisance to the village, we may well be invited to organise this event at this site in the future.Registration:
Timing:
Traffic flow:
Note: please park your non-Commonwealth and other vehicles at the Parking (circled in red) and walk up to the Camp site.Camp site:
Support:
Looking forward to meeting you there! Inbound traffic flow for Canadian and British made vehicles: Inbound traffic flow for other vehicles:
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Hi Hanno,
I plan to be there with the C8a ZL. With one passenger. Thanks John
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Hi Hanno
Plan to be there with the F15 & a Bedford MW (four people) There will also be a dodge with us, but they will park as per the guidance (four people) Thanks Tim |
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Attached are some snaps of the MLU meetup at Longues-sur-Mer a week ago.
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I think we can all agree the meeting was a big success. Well done, Hanno!
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It was a great sight seeing all the Canadian and Commonwelath vehicles together, just behind the Longues-sur-Mer battery. I met up with Stefan, Barry, Brian, JohnC, Nick, Pieter, Egbert, Danny, Sanne and of course Hanno. There was so much to see and people to talk to, that I missed meeting up with James and Maurice......and I didn't have a chance to talk to the owner of the Cab12 C8, a close relative to my still unfinished Cab 11 C8!
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John, thanks for bringing the Chore Horse!
Barry, Brian; it was great seeing you again......I can't believe it's been 4 years! I hope the owner of the woody Snipe returned home safely(?)
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Beautiful meeting! Sad sad for not being there this year.
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