St Lo - much misunderstood....
St Lo is our nearest big town and where we have to go to do official stuff. I must confess when we first bought our house some 20 years ago, I thought that St Lo was the most dreary, miserable place in Normandie. To be fair, much of it was completely obliterated during the Second World War as it was a German stronghold and following D-Day in this region the Allies bombed the hell out of it. The photographs from that time are truly appalling. So much of the architecture here is rebuilt or fairly modern and very 1960s. In the past few years however there has been something of a renaissance in St Lo. The castle (long gone) ramparts are being maintained; the land at the side of the river Vire in the town centre has been regenerated with a fancy footbridge and green areas to sit and take in the view. Each summer, the bridges are festooned with beautiful flowers and numerous colourful flags. Some of the drab buildings have been given a new lease of l...