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A Grimoire, geese and Château de Pirou – the legend

First published October 2016 Long long ago, when Normandy was known as Neustria, three fairies built a high wooden castle.  They were daughters of a great magician lord. Or so the legend says. The fairies chose a place in the wild flat lands to the west, near where sea and river form a

Wild at art, in Pirou

First published 5 October 2016 After looters, the graffiti artists were next to visit the abandoned holiday village in Pirou. For fifteen years they have created vibrant images on these crumbling walls, the local police asking only that they leave no rubbish.  It was a colourful secret until early this year

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