from up here you can see sword beach, where the british arrived. further along you've gotjuno.re the canadian forces landed. further along you've got gold, 0maha, utah. it's quite an extraordinary sight. in some ways, this place is immaculate. it feels in some areas as though the germans have just stood up and walked out of here, but it's not the only bunker in the region that has been restored. these ones, not far from dunkirk, have become an art project. some have been covered with slogans and another has been decorated with hundreds of shards of mirrored glass, so when the sun shines it becomes a beacon. and here, in lorient, just across the peninsula from the landing beaches, there is this, the keroman submarine base. it was the biggest structure in the atlantic wall. in fact, it's the biggest germanic construction outside germany. there's enough space for 30 submarines inside. this place was designed to withstand allied bombardment and, looking around, it was pretty successful, but the result is, years later, it's almost impossible to destroy. so, after a long time spent s

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from up here you can see sword beach, where the british arrived. further along you've gotjuno.struction outside germany. there's enough space for 30 submarines inside. this place was designed to withstand allied bombardment and, looking around, it was pretty successful, but the result is, years later, it's almost impossible to destroy. so, after a long time spent scratching their heads and wondering quite what to do with this behemoth on their doorstep, the city of lorient decided to put it to rather a different use. some of the site is already used by sailing clubs and people come here for guided tours at weekends, but this spring, a company called hydrophone moved into one of the submarine bays here and turned it into a studio space and a concert hall, though it's virtually impossible to remove the history. that's impressive. that's a door. that's a door?! a door, yes. a big door. has there been any controversy or sensitivity around using this space for a modern purpose? in the past, these fortifications held too many traumatic memories for them to be put to use in this way.

it was the first lad planted on any d—day beach, sword beach 30 minutes after the first landing craftremember the belgian gets, to spikes that were sticking up. they destroyed quite a few of our assault craft and the consequences was a lot of our chaps dried because of all of the cat they had. they couldn't swim with it. it was a very had. they couldn't swim with it. it was a very poignant time. as sort of time one doesn't want to remember, really. unfortunately, iwas time one doesn't want to remember, really. unfortunately, i was heart into it because of the blitz in london. to try and remember it now, brings back bad memories and one doesn't want to think about it, really. when you see all these young lads. thank you. other gardens at the flower show will be updating you on later. now it's time for a look at the weather with mel coles. it is another day of warm spells of sunshine, but thundery downpours. the showers will get going in northern ireland, down toward teeth wheels, the far south of england and stretching all the way up to north—east scotland. the winds are light, so the