Today roads across Cotentin’s marshes are finely mapped and sturdy, when William Duke of Normandy (future Conqueror of England) was 19, it was a very different story. If he had not known the marshes so well, how different all our histories would be. The child Duke, protected at all costs It is surprising
Calvados
All our postcards from the Calvados region.
Owned but not loved; Le Manoir des Creuniers near Trouville
2026 update!! Fully renovated and apartments available: Manoir des Creuniers - Trouville - Histoire & Patrimoine Published January 2016 To be foiled by large gates and a ‘Propriété Privée’ notice when we went to match this grand villa would not have been a surprise. What we did not expect was a forest of brambles
Finding Eden, in the forest of Saint-Sever Calvados
Guest blogger! Cook’s handbook for Normandy, 1883
Our guest blogger today is Cook’s Handbook for Normandy (and Brittany) from 1883. Excerpts include traveler advice, the Norman character and scenery. Every town and larger village are described, but for this match we have included a visitor guide to Bayeux. We expected the handbook to be a little dry but it
