St Martin de Bréhal

- a sandy, safe beach near Granville, quiet and unfashionable

Puy-en-Velays

- a wonderful town in the Auvergne volcanic region, with a week long mediaeval fair.

Mont St Michel

- one of the wonders of the world

Le Tour de France 2011 -

Stage 6, Avranches to Lisieux via Brécey

Jullouville

- another safe and sandy beach

Grape harvesting

- the Côtes de Rhone wine harvest (le vendage).

Le Trot

- a wierd form of horse racing, here training on the beach at Jullouville.

Vaison-la-Romaine:

- Roman town, with amazing bridge and ruins, and a huge roman theatre

Abbaye de la Lucerne d’Outremer

- twelfth century monastery

Nyons:

- medieval town with huge market

La Bagottiére

- our original home in Normandy