Dieppe

                                          The huge marina at Dieppe - Blazer is out of sight.

Saturday 21st July.

A lovely sunny day.


Dieppe is great - The marina is one of the best that I have seen - in the afternoons there are three young attendants that run around showing incoming boats to there visitors berths and taking their lines - great for me - single handed.

The marina is huge - the picture above shows half of it!

The tide has a huge range here - 8 metres! - it is spring tides - they are the biggest.

                                                    The promenade next the marina.

                Hot and sunny yesterday - I walked into town and found it to be - MARKET DAY!

It is the biggest market I've ever seen - stretching over many streets - selling mainly food stuffs and clothes -
Lots of veg and local cheese.

One stall just had a big bowl of live snails and a youngster had all on to keep them in the bowl - should have taken a picture.

The fish stalls by the marina were doing a roaring trade, even at the high prices mostly 20 Euros per kilo.

I bought seafood - oysters - crab and prawns - great.

                                 I found the beech later on - all pebbles - lovely blue - green sea.      

                                    Scores of cafes by the marina  - all busy.

A nice house near the Aquarium - I visited it - a great display of sea fish - big ones too.

                                                A kite flying display on the prom. - octopus.

                                                                  A sea horse kite.

Near the kites was a show jumping event - lots going on and all very busy - great to see.

I had a fantastic meal on board in the evening - all the seafood.

Moving on today - not sure how far - not much wind.

Mike.