First published 2015 Home to Parisian bankers, international golf hotel and Normandy residence of a British criminal who once joined the Queen on the Sunday Times ‘Rich List’. This is possibly the most unnerving postcard match to make the pages of Normandy Then and Now. When we couldn’t find the location
Heritage in danger
Here we highlight heritage discovered on our travels that, without the proper care and some sensible decisions, may not be there for future generations.
The terrible haunting of a Normandy château
Abandoned Normandy; a cottage by La Varenne
First published August 2015 La Varenne river winds through the high cliffs and low fields in the Orne, Normandy. To find one little cottage that may no longer exist along it's 40km was a challenge that we accepted... And won. Uncared for, unkempt. Easily missed in the undergrowth, sturdy cottage steps took us up to
Ducey, a distillery and the saving of le château des Montgommery
This article was first published February 25, 2017. If you drove through Ducey a little over thirty years ago, the only memorable sight would be an abandoned distillery decaying on the corner of Rue du Gén Leclerc. Observant travellers may have noticed a high roof behind the crumbling buildings, but most
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