Down in the Bayeux

+ Bishop- Odo of Conteville's house consecrated in 1077 and a fine example of perpendicular gothic. He was the Duke of Normandy's brother and this was the reward for putting in a word to his boss about supporting the invasion of Britain in 1066. (Apparently, unlike Odo and his fellow bishops, the English archbishops had been anointed by the alternative pope rather than the Roman one, so the Norman clergy figured they would get a bit of the action if they supported William's claim. They were right; they did.) This is invasion land: everywhere one goes its 1066 or 1944.

+ They put on a "Son et lumiere" for me, lighting up the cathedral and the tree of liberty, (planted just after the revolution ended.)Read more