Day One: Newhaven to Dieppe | Northern France Fully Loaded Cycle Tour 2022 (inc. video)
Photos from my nine day Fully Loaded Cycle Tour in September 2022 along the Seine River, Normandy and my second cycle touring trip in France. On this journey I took a mixture of train, boat & cycling and stayed in budget hotels, apartments & campsites and the weather was full of surprises as you will see! each photo has a annotation under it so you can follow along with the journey.
Also on this trip I took a variety of cameras including a 360 camera & a action camera and have made a full length video to accompany these photos! you can check that out here on my YouTube channel (and I have embedded it on the end of each album), as ever, enjoy the photos!
Arrival at Lewes railway station c.1889 (from Clapham Junction), only a short hop to my nights stay at Newhaven before taking the ferry to France the next day - and it's pronounced 'Lewis' not 'Lewes' as I was corrected on a few occasions!As I come out of my Newhaven accommodation I can see the ferry I'm going to be boarding for it's 10am departure! (I can also hear the ferry ticking away in the docks from here)A short ride from my accommodation is the ferry terminal of DFDS Newhaven Ferry Terminal and there is my Transmanche ferry which will take me to Dieppe, FranceAs with cars & lorries I leave my bicycle (with the three of the four panniers attached) safely in the hold for the duration of the journeyThe roll-on/roll-off ramps are kept open whilst in dock and close when the ship is ready to departOne of the lifeboats on the Cote D'Albatre - each lifeboat has oars, flares and mirrors for signaling, first aid supplies, and food and water for several daysThe ferry I'm on is called the 'Cote D'Albatre' which Maiden's voyage was on the 6th March 2006 and travels from Newhaven to Dieppe in a journey time of 4 hoursThe power behind the ferry is a diesel engine to keep us going from a to b!A great view of the Seven Sisters, Sussex as we leave the British coastlineChart of the whales, dolphins and porpoises you can see in the English Channel - I didn't see any but then again I wasn't specifically looking this time!Goodbye Britain!Arrival in Dieppe harbourThe 'Église Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours' perched on top of the sea cliffs in DieppePlage de Dieppe (Dieppe beach) as seen from arriving in the harbourThe exact spot where Camille Pissarro painted the harbour of Dieppe - L'avant-port de Dieppe, 1902The ferris wheel and the harbour in DieppeWith a few hours to spare before I catch the train down to Vernon I take a cycle tour around the seafront and town of DieppeDieppe was France’s first ever seaside resort - sea-bathing establishments where set up here in 1822Restaurant at the end of the promenadeThe Chateau Musee de Dieppe up on the hilltop and in the bottom corner is the Aquatic centre for swimmersPlaque to commemorate 'Operation Jubilee' of World War IISculpture to commemorate the US Army rangers part in The Raid at Dieppe of World War II 'Operation Jubilee'Sculpture to commemorate the Essex Scottish Regiments part in The Raid at Dieppe of World War II 'Operation Jubilee'Information plaque for the previous Essex Scottish Regiment World War II commemorate sculpture14th Army Tank Regiment World War II commemorate sculptureLe Café des Tribunaux c.1903Statue of Abraham Duquesne, marquis du Bouchet a French naval officer born in 1610, DieppeOne of original post boxes France's postal service company "La Poste" - with added street art!World War II memorial to commemorate the residents of Dieppe who lost their lives throughout the warThis lovely old street sign I spotted here in Dieppe sums up the journey I'm about to take!
