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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 [...]]]> 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 beginning of May. Carnival’s festival is therefore closely linked to sailors about to sail. Thus we could read in 1883 in the newspaper Le Granvillais: “Our sailors ready to sail towards the banks will want to benefit from this new opportunity to have a good time. Then they will bravely face the storms to which they are exposed because of their dangerous job…” At that time, carnival’s legendary character and symbol is the Marquis. We say that the origins of Granville’s carnival go back to 1872. In 1873, for instance, we counted between 4,000 and 5,000 masks. The first procession goes back to 1875. We could see the War’s float, the Peace’s float, the Seamanship’s float, the Charity’s float and the Gallic Gaiety’s float. At the beginning of the xxth century, the Granville’s tourist and seaside vocation became apparent. It is at that time that King Carnival was officially baptized. The districts made up of committees present their own floats, which are then put under competition. The floats reflect from now on the local, national even international current events: in 1937, we could guess on a float the characters of “three dictators”. At the end of the 30’s, carnival man was once again burnt on Shrove Tuesday evening. The custom of the group’s intrigues and parades is maintained.

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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 [...]]]> 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 just come and enjoy the comfortable house, the lake, the new island, fishing, good food, rest…. 

So, there you have it: the meteorite has already hit here, you don’t have to worry about it… Book now!

Click HERE for the Armada 2008 programme.

An event not [...]]]> 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 to be missed! After seeing all the sights, come and relax at La Rieudière!

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!