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More barrels of Calva in this atmospheric cellar.

The 5 bedroom farmhouse we saw in Couterne (Normandy)that I loved when we were over property searching.

Of all the 22 houses that we looked at in the week, it was only this farmhouse and the Brittany house we eventually bought that I liked.

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Couterne , Orne

22/09/2019

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Plucky climbers negotiate the very high assault course in the woods at Bagnoles.

Another grand tour of Normandy's finest brewery. The proprietor, chief brewer, guide and host had recently injured his hand in a grisly encounter with a circular saw.

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Couterne , Orne

22/09/2019

Alfa Romeo

More barrels of Calva in this atmospheric cellar.

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Couterne , Orne

22/09/2019

le Chateau

A curiosity in Couterne, Normandy.

Plucky climbers negotiate the very high assault course in the woods at Bagnoles.

View at Couterne farmhouse showing half of the barn that we could convert into Gites.

The other half of the building is about the same size

Second visit to a local landmark and hidden secret of the region.

 

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The more shy of the pair of donkeys, Jongo is not used to people.

The brewer in magnificent form in spite of a badly injured hand.

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Château de Couterne, Couterne, Orne

22/09/2019

Working out how to use the self-weigh-and-pay scales. I keep well out of it.

The photographer had made a shameful mess of the chapati-making so our hero tried to rescue the operation.

The truly disused railway line, near the Velo-Rail.

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for a history of this interesting collections of ruins . . . (the buildings, not the chaps)

The holiday home of Andrew, in August 2008, the occasion of my third (literally) flying visit.

Remains of the Mulberry Harbour, Arromanches.

After buying a number of bottles of 15-year-old and 20-year-old Calvados, we were treated to a taste of this bottle from 1960,

Remains of the Mulberry Harbour, Arromanches.

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vers Couterne, Orne

22/09/2019

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A derelict cottage, just outside Couterne. On opening the front door, a front room is disclosed, looking as though the occupants have recently left.

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Couterne , Orne

22/09/2019

le Chateau

The very friendly locals' bar in the centre of the village.

Château de Couterne, Couterne, Orne

22/09/2019

The estate agent showing us the extent of the land around the Couterne farmhouse - we could buy between 2 and 20 acres!

What we'd do with it all all I don't know

The most unlikely, improbable and bizarre collection of objects on sale at this Normandy market.

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Couterne , Orne

22/09/2019

Chapelle Notre-Dame de Lignou

A row of cottages just outside Couterne.

A horse-drawn cart. . .

The brewer in magnificent form in spite of a badly injured hand.

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