The fine and extensive Brotonne Forest (7 400ha) which envelops a broad bend of the Seine gives the left bank of the river a charming aspect. Its designation in 1974 as a regional nature park put it on the map, and the opening of the Brotonne bridge three years later definitively drew it out of solitude. In the tidy villages at its edges, the bygone sounds of presses, mills and bread ovens may still be heard…