First published 2016/04/02 Taking our car over the Seine on the little free ferry at Quillebeuf has a leisurely charm. Now we know that beneath us
Eure
Abbaye de Mortemer is one of those tucked away places to visit you hope will never change. Not a huge tourist attraction, it is quietly remarkable.
Calvados
Drawn deep into the forest of Saint Sever by a picture of a stone arch we were privileged to meet a charming lady who had
Manche
Our first visit to Normandy in 2007 included a day to Mont Saint Michel. Back then visitors drove up to the gate and parked on
First published 7 July 2018 ‘No ship ever brought so much misery to England’ said William of Malmesbury writing just a few short years after the
Seine-Maritime
Editor Pick's
The trouble with historians, at the Manoir d’Argentelles
First published 2016/07/09 A good historian, like a good scientist, needs imagination as well as an ability to store facts. Not to make up our history
