THEY DID IT!!
Almost 200 sponsored runners left Tarrant Rushton Airfield in Dorset at precisely 1400 on Thursday 4th June and made their way through Dorset and Hampshire towards a ferry at Portsmouth. Following a 6 hour crossing to Ouistreham, Normandy they formed into six Glider groups on the Caen Canal towpath and ran the final 3 miles to their objective, PEGASUS BRIDGE.
Every single person who began this amazing journey crossed Pegasus Bridge just after midnight on the 65th anniversary of D-Day, 6th June 2009.
WELL DONE TO YOU ALL!!!!!!!!
Project65 honours the memory of the men who took part in the Coup de Main operation to capture the bridges on the Caen Canal and the River Ome in the early hours of D-Day 65 years ago.
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The PROJECT 65 Run to Pegasus is an historic 65mile challenge run from Dorset to Normandy for the 65th anniversary of D-Day 2009. The aim of the run is two fold: To replicate the Pegasus Bridge operation of D-Day 'man-for-man' and to raise £500,000 for the care and support of wounded armed forces veterans. If you like a challenge, join us today!