Or - Fires, trains and scandal in the Pays d’Auge First published December 2017 In the far south of Normandy’s Calvados region is the small town of Orbec. It has all the usual essentials; church, mairie, schools, shops, and some fine old Pay’s d’Auge timber buildings. But for some reason Orbec, unlike
Calvados
All our postcards from the Calvados region.
The mystery of disappearing grandeur in Honfleur
Take me to Trouville!
The monster in the marsh, at Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes
First published December 16, 2017 High above the cliffs at the eastern end of Omaha beach stand ruins of the Chapelle Saint-Siméon de Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes. Old walls are shored up by brambles and protected by mud and horses. This small valley ‘Val des Hachettes’ has been cut over thousands of years by
The true wealth of Beuvron-en-Auge
This post was first published in August 2014 In 1970 as free love was having mixed results across the world and the Beatles argued over their LP collection after one of the worst break-ups of all time, the sun shone in Beuvron-en-Auge. Dust and desolation Michel Vermughen looked out through the small window