First published October 2016 Long long ago, when Normandy was known as Neustria, three fairies built a high wooden castle. They were daughters of a great magician lord. Or so the legend says. The fairies chose a place in the wild flat lands to the west, near where sea and river form a
Manche
All our posts from the Manche region.
Wild at art, in Pirou
First published 5 October 2016 After looters, the graffiti artists were next to visit the abandoned holiday village in Pirou. For fifteen years they have created vibrant images on these crumbling walls, the local police asking only that they leave no rubbish. It was a colourful secret until early this year
La Mère Poulard and a very modern scandal, on Mont Saint-Michel
‘No ship ever brought so much misery to England’, from Barfleur
The scars of Angoville-au-Plain
First published February 15, 2014 On our way to the vast beaches by Les Gougins in Manche, just north of Utah Beach, we took a small detour to pay our respects in Angoville-au-Plain. Hidden down ancient lanes long sunk into the Normandy countryside, Angoville is reached by a single track road. This is a