Grandcamp Maisy Local Custom Tips by ranger49

Trotting - a favourite local activity

Normandy is a very "horsey" region, and wherever you go you will not be far away from some kind of equitation activity.

If you holiday here and like to ride you will almost certainly find some stables nearby. There are numerous studs and the area is famous for breeding race horses.

A local past time/hobby/obsession is a sport known as Trotting ( also very popular in Wales where it seems to be known as Rasus)

Horses trot at speed pulling a small cart controlled by its owner. We had noticed posters advertising a forthcoming Event and every morning at low tide Trotters and their horse and carts could be seen doing speed test runs up and down the beach.

You had to be quick to get a picture as the speeds got faster and before the tide came in!