berni Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 last night we had the first of many meetings with a company called E4 based in Bristol who are owned by a really decent chap called Gerard Magee. Gerard saw the tv news bulletins back last year about Ted portlock who took money off many legion members for a non existant pilgramage to Normandy for D DAY 2006. it was only when my dad turned up on my doorstep, on the friday they were supposed to have left,absolutley beside himself with fury & disappointment that i heard what had happened. anyway Gerard saw the news about the court case & as he owns a corporate tour company said to himself that he could take everyone instead. so here we are at the first meeting with , as it turned out, me being the only other person in the room who has been to the Beaches making suggestions on where to go & what to see. it was really good in the respect that because we will be the only ones on the tour we can go where we wish & because of the circumstances of how it all came about mr G said 9 of his tour guides will be with us as well so it should be fab. so, he has now gone away with a list & will put together an itinery for the tue,wed,thu. the wednesday will be unbelievable & i will have a big pack of tissues in my pocket because we are starting off with a service in Bayeaux Cathedral at 10am followed by a ceremony in the Bayeaux Military Cemetary. then 17.30 at Arromanche for a full colours service. WOW I feel so lucky to have this opportunity & judging by the sense of humour & cheekiness of the over 65's the trip will be unbelievably memorable there is so much to say i can't work out what to say & in which order but the upshot is Myself & the other legion members owe a huge thank you to Gerard for offering his company & services for free to make up for the upset of last year. i will post more as details come through . Berni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 What a nice man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardrosser Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 so nice to hear people doing things like that :-D makes you believe in the human race again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 Well done!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 so nice to hear people doing things like that :-D makes you believe in the human race again Just what I was thinking as I read Berni's post!!! :-) :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 Some good news for achange Berni. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rambo1969 Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 NIce man, respect to him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berni Posted January 19, 2007 Author Share Posted January 19, 2007 update on a phone call i recieved tonight, he is also paying for all 49 people to go into all museums & the 360 cinema. he deserves a bit more than a pat on the back, mind you he did say his staff now think he is fantastic & morale in the office has grown tenfold. berni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john wheatley (R.I.P.) Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 does he need any green machines? John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Wow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berni Posted January 23, 2007 Author Share Posted January 23, 2007 we are going to try & meet up with commander at St mere aglise but the itinery hasn;t been finalised as yet so i am not sure of the logistics.] they were enthusiastic about the green machines but with the other events planned it will depend on how things work out . a hopeful Berni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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