Pre-65 Grass Drags in the Fields of Normandy! On September 19-20, the Norman Sprint Grass returned to the Normandy meadows around Beauval-en-Caux, in Seine-Maritime. Organized by Fabrice and Marion Bazir, their “gang” of friends, and […]
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