First published August 2017 The top left of Normandy is the Cotentin Peninsula and within that, the Val de Saire. A region with timeless pockets of wildness and a shoreline that has been battling the sea since time began. All around its maritime boundaries are ports; from stately Cherbourg to little stone
History
The terrible tale of the Ravalet children, from Tourlaville
First published October 2016 A million footsteps have covered those made by Marguerite and Julien de Ravalet, growing up in Le Château des Ravalet long ago, but their scandalous story will never disappear. Theirs is a true story so shocking it shook 17th century society and stained the name of Ravalet forever.
The Moor Eater and other tales of the Lords de Tosny
The Neolithic mystery of Bretteville
The gruesome crowd; a true medieval ghost story from Normandy
This week our postcard match is a tiny village in the Orne region of Normandy. Here in the 11th century lived the priest Walkelin and it is his, terrifying, ghost story our guest blogger re-tells today. Our blogger is Orderic Vitalis; Benedictine monk, 11/12th century chronicler and friend of Walkelin.