Normandy - The Receding Landscape

Normandy injects €12million into ambitious Methanisation Plan

Blog, Features, Articles, France, Normandy Notebook

09/10/2018

Roads mired in muck, villagers stiffling with smells: It’s a sorry litany of stories up here in my neck of the woods in Normandy when it comes to anaerobic digesters. Normandy only has 6 such installations so far, two of which are in my neighbourhoo…

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I'm All Right Jack. What the French say about Brexit.

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06/27/2016

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Tall Ship

France, Poésie

06/13/2016

Parade down the Seine estuary

She slides over still-water, sails spread like a swan
ribbons flickering, kites in the wind;
proud her prow, stroked by today’s summer breeze.
Sailors waver like swifts in the masts
as she parades down th…

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Leprosy and La Chapelle Saint Thomas

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03/17/2016

The small Leper colony in the woods down the hill with its Saint Thomas Chapel dates back to the 12th Century. We have been coming here on our walks for the last 15 years. It is surrounded by a high flint wall now taken over by the rampant vegetation.

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