AWOL in the Orne, in 1918

History
Orne

- February 27, 2024February 25, 2024

First published February 2016 In between quiet villages and charming towns in the Orne, Normandy, are vast swathes of forests and fields. Here quite a lot happens, but people generally keep it to themselves. We were therefore rather baffled when a postcard match took us to a very private house on a rarely

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

Murder of a monster; Mabel de Bellême

History
Orne

- August 1, 2023August 9, 2023

First posted April 2016 This quaint tower on the edge of Sées is all that is left of a mighty entrance gate. Here a levy would be charged to every person and cart passing into the town. The gates may have kept out the vast forests of Écouves that once stretched all

Whatever happened to Château de Blanche-Lande?

- April 10, 2023April 10, 2023

First published May 2015 The hill looked the same, as did the lake but where was the château towering above it all? Château de Blanche-Lande has disappeared. Mostly. In the heart of the Orne Our vintage postcard photo was taken deep in the forest of Écouves north of Alencon, where the river Thouane

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

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