The Vire Valley

...icicles grow on flower buds.

Submitted by Alice MacAlistair, the Vire valley

Published in the January issue of the Rendezvous magazine

Barfleur, Cotentin Peninsula

A sunny winter's day in Barfleur, an ancient fishing port in upper Manche.

From this angle the rock at the entrance to Barfleur harbour looks like a beached whale balancing the Crucifix on its head.

A plaque on the other side of the 'whale' commemorates the place from where William the Conqueror sailed to England in 1066 to become King.

Winter in St Quentin de Chardonnets

taken by David and Sarah Page

Published in December issue of the Rendezvous magazine