First published March 2018 Decades before the first spacewalk, a child looked out across the sea from the top of Donville-les-Bains’ cliffs, and imagined distant worlds far beyond our own. The cliffs here face the setting sun. Vast, lurid sunsets are soon followed by a web of constellations, brilliant against the velvet
Manche
All our posts from the Manche region.
The ghastly end of the cruellest corsair, in Barfleur – guest blogger!
News from Carentan, Tilly & Caen: Snapshot from a war, 14 June 1944
First published here 2017 During the Second World War, news, particularly good news was shared quickly across the Allied world. While each battle has been studied in detail by historians over the years, at the time newspapers reported them hurriedly as steps towards freedom. Reading those old papers today we are for
D-Day, Drop Zone C and remarkable bravery at Sainte-Marie-du-Mont
A tiny duchess, happy hermits & Old Hickory bravery at Hill 314, in Mortain
First published October 11, 2014 A rich little girl of 8 paid for the first recorded chapel on top of Mortain’s tiny mountain, Montjoie. There have been rumours of religious constructions here since the pagans worshipped Jupiter, but for firm dates this one, 24 July 1613, can be relied upon. Other big