We continued journeying north till we could go no further and reached Dieppe.

We broke our journey at Le Bec Hellouin. It is a lovely village with a very famous abbey.

Lanfranc was a teacher in the abbey. He was friend and advisor to William of Normandy. After the Norman conquest of England he became Archbishop of Canterbury.

There was a watercolour exhibition in the village – hence this unusual display.

It is an old town. Old towns have old doors…

At last we reached the beach and the English Channel though the French don’t call it this of course.

This coastline is referred to as the Alabaster Coast though the cliffs here certainly don’t put me in mind of Alabaster.

We visited the Canadian cemetery on the outskirts of Dieppe. I find these places very moving.

19th August 1942 was the date of the raid on Dieppe. Most of these graves are of allied personnel who died on that day. They were mostly Canadians.

Our last dinner in France was unusual in that it was served in an edible bowl!

France is a lovely place.