At our New Year’s drinks party at the local Mairie (Town Hall) in rural Normandy, our regional MP dared speak up about French attitudes during this period of the longest strikes France has ever seen. She said we are getting a reputation as a nation …
Good conditions for setting up Anaerobic Digesters in Normandy
Conditions at present are good to set up anaerobic digesters in Normandy: subsidies for connecting to networks are now available, contract rates are favourable and you can benefit from help from farmers who pioneered the first installations at a mee…
Happy New Year. Here's to the Robin
Robin, as you sing your red breast swells
between the frosty branches in this wintry glow.
You cock your head and listen to the bells
Christmas in Normandy
On Christmas day 1066 William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy, was crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey. The English and French who were present cheered the new King so loudly that the clamour alarmed and panicked the French soldiers waiting…
