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sword, peg brg, merville, dives, vil boc, La Bos

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sword, peg brg, merville, dives, vil boc, La Bos

Russell and Mike planned a road ride

June 2, 2019

sword, peg brg, merville, dives, vil boc, La Bos

Hard

05:33

121km

21.8km/h

900m

780m

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Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride.

Waypoints

Ouistreham Lighthouse

Highlight • Monument

The light beam of the 30 m high lighthouse has a range of 35 km. The top (171 steps) offers a beautiful view over the fishing and marina.

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1.12 km

Viewpoint

2.20 km

Memorial to the Free French Forces at Ouistreham

Highlight • Historical Site

Kieffer Commando's Monument:
In a beautiful park on the coast lies this monument of the No.4 Commando's of Lt.Kieffer, who came ashore in the early morning of June 6, 1944 …

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4.54 km

Riva-Bella Beach

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The beautiful, extensive beach of Riva-Bella is the closest to Caen and is loved by families who come to enjoy the sun and sea at the first rays of the …

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7.26 km

41st Royal Marine Commando Memorial, Lion-sur-Mer

Highlight • Monument

This monument commemorates the liberation of the city on June 7, 1944, a message from General Roosevelt which glorifies essential freedoms is engraved on a plaque. Next to it you can see a British Churchill Avre tank.

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13.9 km

Hillman Bunker (Resistance Nest 17)

Highlight • Historical Site

This command post was part of a comprehensive defense system in a strategically important location. The Hillman bunker was despite strong resistance on D-Day, the landing of the Allies in Normandy, be taken.

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19.0 km

Pegasus Bridge

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Just after midnight on the night of June 5-6, the two bridges of Ranville-Bénouville were captured by the British 5th Parachute Brigade after a short battle. Pegasus was their emblem. …

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26.8 km

La Batterie de Merville - base from the 2nd World War

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The Merville Battery is a fortification of the German army which was on the eastern flank of the Allied Landing on June 6, 1944. Bombed several times, without result, it …

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34.0 km

Table d'Orientation

Viewpoint

36.4 km

The Dives Estuary

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Leave the seaside to follow the Dives, a river that flows into the sea between the marina of Dives-sur-Mer and the dunes of Pointe de Cabourg.
Bordered by two paths, …

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67.0 km

Église Notre-Dame

Place Of Worship

83.1 km

Forêt de Grimbosq

Forest

121 km

End point

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

78.4 km

25.4 km

10.9 km

5.00 km

642 m

491 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

94.5 km

25.3 km

717 m

376 m

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sword, peg brg, merville, dives, vil boc, La Bos

Ouistreham Lighthouse

Memorial to the Free French Forces at Ouistreham

Riva-Bella Beach

41st Royal Marine Commando Memorial, Lion-sur-Mer

Hillman Bunker (Resistance Nest 17)

Pegasus Bridge

La Batterie de Merville - base from the 2nd World War

The Dives Estuary

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