A beautiful house in old Dieppe
Blog: Avec les 70 ans de la Libération de la Normandie, plusieurs reconstitutions de camps alliéset expositions de véhicules militaires seront organisées cet été, par les communes et les associations. Voici quelques grands rendez-vous, notés sur l’agenda haut-normand. http://bit.ly/1osuO6S
À Dieppe du samedi 16 août (14 h) au mardi 19 août (18 h) : A reconstruction on the sea front of a WW2 allied camp with 100 collectors of original equipment. Ouvert au public de 14 h à 19 h. Gratuit, www.dieppe.fr
Blog: The Avenue Verte london <> Paris is specially signposted for cyclists between the two great capitals, and you cross the Channel via the Transmanche Newhaven-Dieppe service, landing in Normandy. http://avenuevertelondonparis.co.uk/ . Why not base yourself at Rue Pecquet?
Blog: A ‘Beaut’ view of Dieppe courtesy of Dame Edna!
Blog: Walter Sickert in Dieppe
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Observer man remembered with his own corner of a foreign field
French port of Dieppe honours journalist and roving ambassador Peter Avis by renaming favourite square after him
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/17/dieppe-square-named-after-observer-journalist
Blog:: Winter flooding in Dieppe
Not just in the UK is flooding an issue. Here a photo of the Grand Rue taken in December last year. Luckily Rue Pecquet wasn’t affected.
Blog:: Peter Avis RIP
Sad to report the death of Peter Avis who did such a great job bringing together the English and French communities in Dieppe. Here’s the obit from the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013/jan/08/peter-avis-obituary. As well as being a tireless campaigner to improve the links between the UK and Dieppe, Peter also ran the invaluable Taste of Dieppe magazine. Let’s hope it continues
Blog :: Dieppe seen by Peter Avis
There’s magic in the sky above Dieppe | 10/09/2012
It happens every two years in the sky above Dieppe. For two weeks in September, the view above the wide seafront lawns is painted in all the colours of our planet. The event: Dieppe’s International Kite Festival, a festival that is unique in Europe and perhaps in the world.
It’s worth recording here (because it doesn’t seem to be recorded elsewhere) that the Dieppe kite festival was the invention two decades ago of Max Gaillard (un bon gaillard), the first director of the Centre Jean Renoir, the now prestigious cultural centre of this innovative Normandy city.
The great show in the sky began on 8 September and continues until 16 September. During that time, kite flyers from forty countries of every continent will be gathered in the seafront kite village, displaying their machines and their skills to an admiring public. And, in 2012, the kite-flyers of Great Britain are the guests of honour. The theme of this festival is: “The Five Elements: Treasures of Humanity” (the French, with their long philosophical tradition, just love big themes).
The 2012 festival will include the World Cup competition for Kites of Combat (those seemingly peaceful machines can cut each other down cruelly in the sky). And there will be kite ballets, and kite acrobatics: a whole new universe, mixing sight and sound, is revealed. Each national delegation has a stand in the village, exhibiting its own creations (where you can buy an exotic kite to take home and hang from the ceiling).
Real kite freaks will be introduced this year to the Flygen Kite, an invention of the Frenchman Pierre Benhalem, billed as a synergy between the machine and high altitude winds. Wow!
Visit the Dieppe kite universe if you can. The Newhaven-Dieppe ferry will take you there. And you will find more information on the internet.
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