We took a break from gardening to take Louis to his first proper soccer game. It was in a village just near Dieppe so, of course, we decided to visit there afterwards.

We needed some nourishment for trip, so Mum tested out the tarte Bovary!

The football wasn’t worth reporting on unfortunately as we came away without much success.

The little village that the ground was in, Offranville, had a wonderful old renovated farm and garden and a beautiful old dove house. Interestingly, in 1789 the law demanded the removal of all dove houses as the damage to nearby crops and seeds by the birds was too much.

We even saw a couple of doves!

We headed into Dieppe, stopping at the Commonwealth War Graves cemetery for the mainly Canadians who attempted what is known as the Dieppe raid. In 1942 the Allies attempted a small scale landing in occupied France. It was pretty much doomed from the start and many brave Canadians lost their lives.

In Dieppe we were surprised to find an enormous kite festival! Apparently one of the biggest in the world! It was amazingly colourful and there were thousands of people.

We popped into the church of St Jacques on the trail of St Jacques de Compostelle. It’s an interesting mix of styles due to the mix of English and French from the period when Normandy was part of England.

The doors are Louis size.

It was moving to see this sign dedicated to all the parishioners who died during the Covid lockdown period when no funerals could be held 😢.

After a delicious dinner of moules et frites, Louis’ favourite, we had a final view of Dieppe overlooking the town and chateau.