D-Day Anniversary

NEWS: Brussels road closures for G7 Summit, and Paris and Calvados traffic restrictions during the D-Day Anniversary, see below.

GIBRALTAR QUEUE WATCH: delays stayed below 25mins all day.

D-DAY ANNIVERSARY –

NORTH WEST FRANCE, 5-8 June: A regulated traffic zone (Zone de circulation régulé, ZCR) will be in place on Friday 6 June from 06:00-18:00. Vehicles without a sticker cannot enter the ZCR, which stretches approximately from Ouistreham to Isigny sur Mer, from the Channel to the south Bayeux ring-road and to the northern edge of Caen. See more from Brittany Ferries and the British Embassy in Paris and map below for the timings of major events.

PARIS, 5 June: the state visit by HM Queen will see traffic disruption in central Paris from around 14:30 Thursday 5 June, including around Gare du Nord, the Champs Elysee and, later on, restricted access to and from the A1 and A6 autoroutes. See more from The Connexion.

Spitfire: 'We don't carry one of these every day.' Photo via @BrittanyFerries

‘We don’t carry one of these every day.’ A Spitfire at Portsmouth, replica Mark Vb W3644 from spitfiredisplayteam.co.uk. Photo via @BrittanyFerries

As they have done all week, a ferry carrying D Day veterans departs Portsmouth with a Royal Navy salute.

As they have done all week, ferries carrying D Day veterans depart for France with a Royal Navy escort and salute.

D Day veterans about to depart on the Royal British Legion’s Remembrance Travel Tour. Photo @PoppyLegion

A map and timing of events on 6 June via @Elysee (click to enlarge).

A map of the restricted traffic zone from @Gendarmerie: ‘From June 5th to 8th, take the bypass roads to avoid #Calvados if you drive in the West of France.’

‘Discrète arrivée de la @Gendarmerie en Normandie…’ photo via @DamienJob

Paris: the unmistakable rear lights of a British Secret Service Range Rover as the Queen’s procession makes its way down the Champs Elysee. Photo @HMARicketts, Peter Ricketts, UK Ambassador to France.