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 the old salt flats alongside the road. Later that day, high on a stone terrace, we recovered from over 1000 steps up and the inevitable jostling
Château, manoir & other architectural gems
The unquiet soul of Abbaye de Mortemer
Original in all France – la Saucerie
Falling down in the Orne; a tale of friendship and murder
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
The wooden phoenix of Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives
first published July 2016 For nearly 1000 years, fine produce from across the Pays d’Auge has changed hands in the vast market hall of Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives. Aromatic sausages, oozing Camembert cheeses, the furry and the fowl; over time goods sold under this peg tiled roof have altered little. The hall was built for