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

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

The giant bonnets of Normandy – mid week historic photo post!

Interior of a Manor in the Cotentin and costumes of the rural bourgeoisie from around 1840 There are very old postcards we have seen of serious faced ladies posing stiffly in their Sunday finery, lace bonnets defying gravity and all sense. These are authentic photos of country folk from the early

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