D day remembrance on tv1/20/2024 ![]() ![]() Alison, thank for our lovely studio accommodation, all the goodies in the fridge and your delicious meals. We were enthralled and give you a 5 Star rating. Thank you Malcolm for imparting your knowledge in such a relaxed manner and so patiently. I “found” Malcolm on the website and we reckon we hit Number One. We found this so much nicer that sitting in a restaurant and ‘wasting time’. Our days were long but relaxed and totally absorbing.Īlison provided a delicious picnic each day and Malcolm always found the perfect place to enjoy it. At the end of each day we visited a war cemetery which was emotional and very sobering. We stood at inland battle sites, had the drama of capturing bridges played out, visited all five beaches heard amazing stories of heroes – some of whom survived and some of whom sadly died in active service during the Invasion. Malcolm’s incredible knowledge of the Invasion and his passion for the subject brought history alive for us. We spent three nights with Alison and Malcolm Clough in their lovely home in the country and Malcolm was our personal guide for 2 full days. So we did a detour from Cape Town, South Africa, via Normandy en route to see our family. We have traveled to many places and this tour and the wonderful accommodations/meals are at the top of our list of 5-Star experiences.Īlthough we were pretty ignorant about the D-Day Invasion and had no personal connection to that part of WW2, it was a subject that interested us. ![]() The cottage we had was spotless and decorated with care, plus, after Malcolm picked us up at the airport Alison had a basket with bread, cheese and other treats waiting for us. ![]() We ate in their dining room and they made us feel like old friends rather than guests. ![]() Malcolm’s wife, Alison, provided delicious breakfasts every morning, lovely lunches to be eaten while on the tour, and grand dinners. This was a Christmas gift to my husband and I thought I might be bored touring so many war sites, this was never the case. We saw so many sites that wouldn’t be included on shorter tours. The cottage, the meals, the extensive tour – all were wonderful ! Malcolm has such an extensive knowledge of the war and presents it in a professional, knowledgable, entertaining manner. 2014 my husband and I spent three wonderful days staying with the Cloughs and touring the Normandy Battlefields. Malcolm, like me, has found later in life, what he is truly built to do – relate incredibly important history that changed the world (in a very positive way) and show where it all happened. Michel.Īlso, your lunch box you prepared for our tour day was delicious – in particular the ham and cheese baguette, and the wonderful homemade apple cake dessert – loved it. …I wanted to thank you for being so accommodating at the last minute (twice)… Thanks for offering to put us up at your property and then eventually changing our private tour date that allowed us to catch a ride to Mont St. The best tour guides, have a real knack for relating stories that bring history alive and Malcolm has the passion and the interest in the subject that make the D-day experience with him something very special. Malcolm was a masterful tour guide and mad our tour of the D-Day Beaches and the Normandy area so much more remarkable, revealing, but most importantly – moving. Of course I did not want to reveal that info prior to or during our tour with Malcolm, because I knew it could make a fellow guide just a wee bit uncomfortable about being judged. I think that by now, Malcolm might have mentioned to you what I had revealed to him in the last few moments of our tour – I am a Private Tour Guide in New York. It’s barely a week since we returned home to the states from a wonderfully memorable trip, of which you and Malcolm were such a big part. So I would like to thank you both for making the day absolutely perfect in every way and it totally exceeded our expectations. I would like to thank yourself for the lovely picnic lunches that you provided, they were just the right amount of food and a perfect mix of foods, and the location Malcolm took us to have our food was excellent. The numerous locations he took us to where perfect and I know we would never have found most of them and as such we would have missed some important locations/events that happened in the areas on D day. I just thought I would drop you a little note to thank Malcolm for the fabulous day we had with him on Saturday, the one day tour he took us on was perfect in every way and his enthusiasm for the subject is portrayed in the way he delivers the lectures/talks at the various locations he took us to, we ended up feeling that we were actually there on D Day so much is his passion for the subject, bearing in mind he has most probably delivered the same talks numerous times, but you could not tell. ![]()
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