Where last month ade went to experience a very different side to island life in mont saint—michel, which this year is celebrating its 1,000th anniversary. and he got to meet some of the people who live there, right smack bang in the middle of a world—famous tourist attraction. ade: how on earth did they construct something like this a thousand years ago? mm—hmm. yeah. this is the best of medieval engineering. and it started off as a sanctuary dedicated to saint michel, st michael, in the year 708. then it took off. you know, the pilgrims started to come. they had to come across the bay, ...