Abandoned Normandy; a cottage by La Varenne

- August 2, 2023August 9, 2023

First published August 2015 La Varenne river winds through the high cliffs and low fields in the Orne, Normandy. To find one little cottage that may no longer exist along it's 40km was a challenge that we accepted... And won. Uncared for, unkempt. Easily missed in the undergrowth, sturdy cottage steps took us up to

The quiet of an abandoned farm, in Normandy

- March 7, 2023March 29, 2023

First published September 7, 2016 Our midweek photo post is of an old abandoned farm we found along an overgrown lane, in the Orne, Normandy. At the entrance a brick house with shutters raised high above the ground looks out over a quiet valley of orchards and grass. Traditional stone farm

Apple Harvest in Normandy – from the Penny Magazine of 1840

- September 26, 2019October 1, 2019

This article first appeared on 5 September 1840 in the Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Has Normandy changed in the last 180 years? Well not so much ... An unsuitable climate for wine The profusion of apple and pear trees but more particularly of the former

More delightful Nico Jungman illustrations of Normandy, with a little Ms Mitton

- February 7, 2019February 7, 2019

We are pleased to share a few more of Nico Jungman's illustrations of Normandy 1905. With some honest commentary from his associate the novelist, biographer and travel writer Geraldine Mitton. The ladies of Bayeux If we are fortunate enough to visit the town on a Saturday, we shall see this long, narrow,

On holiday with Parisian friends, in 1902 Normandy

Picture posts

- August 22, 2018August 14, 2018

Tucked away in Gallica, the Bibliothèque nationale de France, are a handful of holiday photograph albums. One remembers a group of friends who set off from Paris in 1902, heading for the sunny beaches and pretty orchards around Yport. By the look of it they had a very good time. Born

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