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    What’s it been like in Normandy?                                                                    Greetings from a mild Normandy, well it is mild now but a month ago it was very cold and the whole of Normandy was knee- deep in snow. We had to dig ourselves out of the drive and then clear branches along the lane that had come down due to the sheer weight of all the snow on them. Whole areas of Normandy were in darkness for many days and people were even stranded overnight on local trains. Our power went out and so did our phone line, which snapped when a branch fell on it and remains unfixed to this day. I had to fly back to the UK from Rennes (good service by the way and easy to park there). We drove through Normandy which was swathed in snow although the main roads were clear but as we hit Brittan...