C'était en 1792. Un navire suédois fut jeté par la tempête contre les roches d'Étretat. Il s'y brisa net. La mer était affreuse, nul secours possible. La tempête dura 24 heures dans toute sa force et les cadavres des malheureux naufragés étaient venus s'échouer sur la grève.
Au fond sur le rebord du roc gisait un matelot inanimé. On l'emportait pour le réunir à ses camarades dans une sépulture, lorsqu'il se réveilla fort à propos.
Il conta comment, après avoir longtemps lutté contre les vagues, il avait à bout de forces recommandé son âme à Dieu et s'était évanoui, c'est alors qu'une lame le prit et le jeta sur une saillie du rocher. De là le nom de cette grotte, « le trou à l’homme »..
Le « trou » qui rappelle cet épisode est aujourd'hui percé et permet de rejoindre la plage de Jambourg, mais le passage n'est praticable qu'à marée basse. Renseignez-vous sur les horaires des marées avant de partir vous balader!
We climb the cliffs, walk along the edge past the needle, and we arrive above a small bay with, at the other end, the grand Manneporte.
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It was in the year 1792 that a Swedish vessel was thrown against the Etretat rocks by a storm and was completely smashed. The sea was terrible and it was impossible to give any help. The storm continued unabated for 24 hours and the bodies of the unfortunate shipwrecked sailors were washed up on the shore.
At the bottom on a shelf of the rock there was an apparently lifeless sailor. He was picked up to be placed in a grave with his comrades when he suddenly came back to life.
He told the story of how he had struggled against the waves for such a long time and had exhausted all of his strength and commended his soul to God and had then fainted and it was then that a wave took him and threw him onto an overhanging rock. Since then this cave has been known as the "trou à l’homme" or manhole.
To-day, the Trou may be used to get to the beach of Jambourg, but be careful, it is accessible only at low tide. Make sure you know the tides schedule, or you may get trapped!
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