Lower Normandy
La Puce Publications (Verlag)
978-1-908747-35-8 (ISBN)
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Across the country it has not been possible to escape the cost of so many people occupying such a small area. It does no good to complain about the inevitable, but here in this peaceful place is a poignant reminder of what we had and what we have lost'. 'As we near the border with Calvados, the columbage and thatched roof count rises rapidly. Fresh flowers are knotted into the ridge of some of the thatches, which is an old Norman tradition. It is said the practice dates back to Pagan times and was an offering to the gods of nature to ensure there would always be food and drink in the home'. 'In living memory, the greatest armada the world will ever see brought British and Allied troops to the shores of Calvados to fight on and win the beaches and beyond. Further along the coast from the D-Day beaches are the iconic resorts which were the playground of the rich and idle in the years between the wars. Inland is an eye-pleasingly variety of crags, hills and valleys, sweet winding rivers and the vast central cereal-growing prairies dotted with villages which sing of the past'.
If anyone should know his way around Normandy, it's George East. Realising a long-held ambition, he and wife Donella moved to live in a ruined water mill on ten acres of rivers, woods, meadows and mud in the heart of the Cotentin peninsula. While there, George wrote a best-selling series of books about the couple's encounters with interesting (and sometimes very unusual) people and places. The couple then left the Mill of the Flea and moved on to an allegedly haunted manor-house on the vast Lower Normandy marshlands. Their next home was a rambling farmhouse half way up what counts as a mountain in Brittany. Then it was off to a remote hamlet in the Loire Valley. But, wherever they've wandered around France, they're always drawn back to Normandy. Recently, they went on a sentimental journey of 4000 miles around the region, visiting every department, town and village. En route, George wrote about the history and culture and food and drink of one of the most fascinating and loved parts of France. The result is George's latest travel narrative, French Impressions: Lower Normandy, a truly affectionate account of the region of France which will always hold the Easts' hearts.
Local knowledge CAEN, Pegasus Bridge, Ouistreham, ORNE, Pays d'Argentan, Suisse Normande, Putanges, Lake Rabondages, La Roche d'Oetre, Flers, Bocage Ornais, Ferte Mace, Le Foret d'Andaines, Bagnoles-de-l'Orne, Ceauce, Domfront, Pays d'Auge, Crouttes, Vimoutiers, Camembert, Pays d'Ouche, Le Perche, L'Aigle, Mortagne-aux-Perche, Le Theil, Belleme, Haras du Pins, Pays d'Alencon, Neuville, CALVADOS, Cintheaux, Falaise, St Sylvain, Couvicourt, Bretteville-sur-Laize, Thury-Harcourt, Blangy-le-Chateau, Pont l'Eveque, Honfleur, Trouville-sur-Mer, Deauville, Cabourg, Lisieux, Orbec, Livarot, The D-Day Beaches, Arromanches, Port-en-Bessin-Huppain, Omaha Beach, Pointe du Hoc, Grandcamp-Maisy, Isigny-sur-Mer, Balleroy, Bayeux, MANCHE, Cherbourg, Phare de Gatteville, Barfleur, La Pernelle, Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, Brix, Valognes, The Little Jewel, Sainte-Mere-Eglise, Carentan, Saint-Lo, Villedieu-les-Poeles, Le Mont Saint-Michel, Avranches, Granville, Coutances, Creances, Lessay, Port-Bail, Barneville-Carteret, Flamanville, Biville, Vauville, Nez de Jobourg, Auderville, Briquebec, St Sauveur-le Vicomte, Nehou, The Mill of the Flea
| Erscheinungsdatum | 13.05.2016 |
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| Reihe/Serie | French Impressions |
| Zusatzinfo | 2 |
| Verlagsort | Hayling Island |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 130 x 203 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga |
| Reisen ► Bildbände | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-908747-35-8 / 1908747358 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-908747-35-8 / 9781908747358 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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