This is the beach that was used for the DDay scenes in film '' The Saving of Private Ryan '' - as it resembles Omaha beach in that it is six miles approx. - but the dunes are not near as high as were those at Omaha [ going from film footage I have seen ].For me it was the place - nearly 40 years ago that we trined for soccer etc - used do running - then run up and down dunes . Bill Shankly was manger of Liverpool at time - and he had his palyers training on sand dunes - so we --.