The best walks and hikes around Le Lesme

The town of Goms is rather pretty, too bad it is populated by inbreds

You only need to rise a little to have beautiful views. Here, the view overlooks the Risle valley and the small village of Champignolle which inevitably makes you think of Spirou's comic strip.

Built at the end of the 11th century by Roger III de Tosny, Lord of Conches. The thickness of the walls is 2.60m. The walls and window embrasures were coated with a layer of mortar mixed with lime and fine sand in order to give a more noble appearance to this flint construction. On the ground floor: it was the food reserve, there were no windows. 1st floor: A central well was used to supply the Château with drinking water. It was emptied in 1849. A fireplace was in each room. It was around 1417, when Conches was in English hands, that the defensive power of the keep was increased under the orders of Captal de Buch. He built an additional tower with the particularity of starting on a square base. Main seats of the castle: 1093: War of the Beautiful Ladies (fight between the Lords of Tosny and the Lords of Breteuil, Beaumont and Evreux) 1199: Philippe Auguste is king of France and he makes the domain of Conches available to his cousin Robert de Courtenay in 1202. 1364: first English occupation. 1371: 100 years war, Bertrand Dugesclin, captain of King Charles V, seizes Conches. 1420: Conquest of Normandy by the English, Henry V, King of England seizes Conches. The castle was taken over in 1440 by Charles VII, King of France. 1441: New English occupation. 1449: The French under the command of Robert de Floques, bailiff of Evreux storm the town of Conches.

Beautiful little Norman village.

Very beautiful typical village but be careful ⚠️ it climbs well

In our youth 🤣 there was a cyclo-cross with the ascent of the dungeon 😋 where we did our "classes" in this discipline 🚴😀

Yes it is a magnificent country village, beautiful panoramas, along the Risle. An indescribable charm. This village has been in a new commune with La Vieille Lyre since the end of 2018. La Vieille Lyre, a charming town with a small flowered village center and the lodging of Trou Normand, a famous inn where the film Le Trou Normand was shot with Bourvil and Brigitte Bardot. You can stop for a picnic at the La Vieille Lyre leisure park on the edge of the Risle. Tables await you with games for children. You can also go from the Vieille Lyre to Champignolles via the valley, you can beautiful homes all along the Valley and discover the Moulin Rouge, magnificent buildings on the banks of the Risle. You will arrive at Champignolles after having discovered the superb valley!

This small village in the Pays d'Ouche (36 inhabitants at the last census) is located on the edge of the right bank of the Risle, at the foot of a very steep hill. It presents itself as the dreamed rural space. All the parameters of rurality are combined, the topography of the site which protects a vast open valley where the Risle runs, the hills framed by woods, forests and copses, the tidy Norman houses of vernacular proportions built in half-timbered buildings. , flint and stone. What is most striking is the quiet preservation of the site, no disturbance linked to the intrusion of constructions out of step with the spirit of the place. The road which descends on the hillside from the secondary road, takes place through the forest. For cyclists, this is the opportunity for a nice dry climb to do from the river.