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Tanks and flowers in the Biville dunes – midweek photo post!

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Biville dunes wrecked tanks

From the mid 1970's until 2014 the dunes between Biville and the sea were occupied by the French army.  Here 300 hectares of unique sandy landscape shook to the sound of explosions and gunfire, as soldiers from all over the region came to do manoeuvres and target practise.  Now all

Not forgotten; the seven airmen of Cerisy-la-Salle

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Driving to find a match for our postcard of an old market hall we passed a small, poignant memorial. There is no trace of the market hall Cerisy-la-Salle but the tribute to seven airmen on the corner of Rue du Pont Sec and l’Auney ensures they will never be forgotten. The mission Twenty

When Harold met William in 1064; a tale of quicksand and cunning

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There is a stained glass window in the Église Notre-Dame at Pontorson that depicts an odd moment in Normandy history that took place just a couple of years before William invaded England. It is the story of Harold Godwinson’s unexpected visit to Normandy in 1064. Harold the hostage No one is entirely

A family remembers liberation; Sainte-Mère-Église, 1944

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In the early hours of June 6, 1944, a man knocked loudly on the door of Alexandre Renaud, Mayor of Sainte-Mère-Église. Since the town's occupation by the enemy in 1940 there had been a strict curfew. This late night visit could only mean an emergency. The visitor explained rapidly that a house

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