This remarkable oak, 95cm in diameter, was around 150 years old when it was felled by the storm of 1999. This windthrow was preserved by the managers. (source Val d’Oise Natural Space Department)
Gaucher was born in Meulan in 1060 and was brought up in the hamlet of Chartre. A pious man, he cured the unfortunate, the water from the Saint Gaucher fountain …
Here are many chestnut trees dating back more than 300 years. It is seen in their size and in the width of the trunks. They are discovered through the shaded …