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Granville Carnival

5 days, starting from 12 February 2010!

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Tradition dictates that deep-sea fishing’s sailors are at the origin of carnival in Granville. The departures for the banks of Newfoundland took place each year around Shrove Tuesday. The crossing lasted eight weeks, the fishing campaign in Newfoundland started at the [...]

New look for www.larieudiere.co.uk

We’ve changed the look of the site, added photos and made the writing larger… Let us know if you like it – or if (gasp) you don’t!

La Rieudière is now on Facebook!

We’ve just started a page on Facebook… There’s not a lot there yet, but feel free to leave us comments on what you’d like to see there! Become fans, too!

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Driving through France

If you’ve a long way to drive to Southwest France or to Brittany, consider making a stopover at La Rieudière B&B. Whether you’re landing in Le Havre, Caen or St Malo, if you’re on your way to Bordeaux, Toulouse, St Jean de Luz, Biarritz, etc. or points west to Brittany, a pleasant overnight break here [...]

Meteorites?

Well, here’s a turn-up for the books!

Apparently it seems Le Teilleul (or thereabouts) was hit by a meteorite in 1845, on the 14th of July, no less (or so says wikipedia!)

Now this ‘ere meteorite is made of howardite, so if you’re superman, you don’t need to worry about any nasty green stuff either; you can [...]

Armada 2008-Tallships in Rouen

The great gathering of tallships is back, this year in Rouen. From 2nd to 14th July, these gracious sea-faring ships will be in Rouen for the 2008 Armada, which will coincide with the opening of Rouen’s 8th bridge – the largest opening bridge in Europe.

Click HERE for the Armada 2008 programme.

An event not [...]

Free wifi and UK satellite TV

At La Rieudière, no need to be cut off from the outside world. Bring your wifi-enabled laptop and connect through our broadband connexion!

Or if you’ve had a long hard day’s visiting and fishing, you can just chill out in front of your favourite UK TV channels!

Le Mans 24 Hours

14th & 15th June 2008
THE LE MANS 24 HOURS

The greatest race in the world…and in space! In 2008, the start will [...]