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All our posts from the Manche region.

Bravery, betrayal and the SAS; Château de Montfort, Remilly-sur-Lozon

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First published February 2015 Ever wanted some peace and quiet? Remilly-sur-Lozon in the Manche has a wiki entry that simply states ‘Remilly-sur-Lozon is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.’ No paragraphs of history reaching back to William the Conqueror, no D-Day memories.  Just a note to say ‘yes it exists’. Can anywhere in Normandy really be that

The legend and the loveliness of La Fosse Arthour 

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Waterfalls on the way to la fosse Arthour

First published August 2018. Away from the bustling market towns, the countryside between Manche and Orne regions of Normandy is a land of legends.  Here in thick forests and hidden meadows fairies entice, the devil leads astray, giants hurl megaliths and stories of the old kings and queens are told by firelight

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

Matilda’s gift, from Barfleur

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This post was first published in October 2017 In 1066 Matilda, wife of William, Duke of Normandy, commissioned a ship for a king. Her husband was still a Duke but she knew he would conquer that muddy country to the north. The ship was built in Barfleur and named Mora. Ship building

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