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When a dream came true, at Château de Crosville-sur-Douve, in the Manche

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First published 2017 One day in 1980 a girl called Michèle on a Normandy school bus heard that a tumble-down château  and its farm were for sale. Michèle was horrified.  She lived there. Michèle Lefol’s family are not grand.  They don’t descend from the château’s fine family.  Her grandparents took on the

The fairy legend of Château de Gratot

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First published November 2016 There are many potential problems to think about when taking a fairy (or fée in French) for your wife.  The Lord of Argouges ignored them all that fine summer day when he spotted a young lady about to take a swim in a refreshing forest pool. She was

The terrible fire of Château d’Eu, near Treport

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First published November 2017 We are in the lap of 19th century luxury this week on the blog, which is surprising considering the building on our postcard had burnt down. One afternoon in 1902 a chimney in the fabulously extravagant and importantly historic Château d'Eu caught fire. Unfortunately whoever put it out

Abandoned Normandy; a cottage by La Varenne

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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

Whatever happened to Château de Blanche-Lande?

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First published May 2015 The hill looked the same, as did the lake but where was the château towering above it all?  Château de Blanche-Lande has disappeared.  Mostly. In the heart of the Orne Our vintage postcard photo was taken deep in the forest of Écouves north of Alencon, where the river Thouane

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