Today I take you a bit lower than my Cotentin ... In fact we will at the border between the Channel and Orne, in a fabulous location, La Fosse Arthour ...
It owes its fame to its wild ... it's a beautiful place ... well impressive!
The gorge is 70 m deep, and basically runs a river, Sonce, leading to a pond ...
is a climbing area known, but it is also the cradle of an Arthurian legend ...
A cave whose entrance is triangular shaded by an ancient oak, is on the side of cliffs, it is called Queen's Chamber ...
On the other side of the Sonce, another cave faces him, the King's Chamber .........
The Normans say that after his death "human" Following the Battle of Camlann, Arthur, Queen Guinevere and her, found refuge here ...
Arthur alone knew the secret entrance to the shelter ... but Guinevere, his protective Fairy who had hitherto carried, ordered that he can not find his wife after the passage the sun behind the hill nearby ....
Guinevere had renounced his own life in order to follow Arthur in this refuge, the king respected the first set of fairy, but his heart was weak ... ... and he gave Soon the temptation!
One day while the sun was still high , no longer went to ... Arthur Guinevere .....
Nothing happened then ........
Arthur thought that the Fairy had pity on them and there .... now every morning went to the Queen!
One day, while crossing the ravine to find Guinevere, Arthur heard a deafening noise .... he turned around and saw ... an impetuous torrent rushing straight at him ...
Frozen, unable to flee, he was surrounded by water stinging .... He tried to fight against the tide wild but nothing helped ... It was engulfed by the Sonce, lost forever, for men as for his love ....
Guinevere then realized his plight, and the endless solitude that awaited him, dashed into the foaming waters to rejoin Arthur forever!!
It is said also in the surrounding countryside, two crows like white swans glide slowly came over the ravine, the tomb of two lovers ....
They were nesting in a hole, the side of the cliff ... The laborers respected them and even revered, as they protected Crops other voracious birds ...
It is said that one evening they took flight towards the sun ... and no one ever saw them again .......
Another legend says that if a farmer needs help to return his land, he can come and ask humbly, beside the Fosse Arthour ... If he throws a coin white in the deep night, and it is worthy enough, then the next morning, he can see two bulls emerge the torrent black ...
He then took her to plow ... and they have been tireless!! The evening fell, he must renew the pit and attach a haystack between the horns ...
Both bulls then plunge into the water, recovering their remains wet .........
Today ... the two bulls do not come out of the little river ... but if you like climbing the .... Beautiful walks, I recommend this site .... it's ... magic!
and prepare for the ride, here's an address where you can find nice routes:
http:// pagesperso orange. en / randolande / circuit2. Htm
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