De captivants à banals, les articles et photographies de “The Baguette” sont une tentative de publier un journal de ma vie dans la Manche et de proposer un forum de discussion pour tout ce qui touche à la Normandie.
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He is risen ! Happy Easter, everyone ! Some photos of my Easter decorations.
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There is a unique hiking path in Fermanville which follows the stream called le Poult. It winds its way through la vallée des moulins (valley of water mills) which got its name from the large number of mills that once lined the stream. Some of the old...
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L'église Sainte-Vierge et Saint-Martin de Vrasville dates from the 12th or 13th century. Originally, it was a very small church (less than half of the current size) and lit by very small windows. During the Revolution, all of the liturgical furniture...
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Well, the weather predictions over the weekend proved to be true and 60cm (about 2 feet) of snow fell in 24 hours. What a mess it turned out to be. Météo-France used the color red to denote extreme snow and sleet for the first time in its history. And,...
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Continuing my story about Saturday afternoon in the Val de Saire, I also took the time to visit the 18th century Moulin de Marie Ravenel also called le Moulin de la Caudrairie in the village of Réthoville. The water mill is named after the poet Marie...
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The forecast for Monday and Tuesday calls for snow, low temperatures and strong winds from the north. I'm certainly not looking forward to that since we've had such nice weather these last few days, especially on Saturday when the sun was out in full...
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