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Le Treport |
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View from Le Treport harbour across to Mers-les-Bains |
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A visit to Treport is like stepping back a hundred years or so, as this seaside town has retained a great deal of its Victorian and Edwardian charm.
From the old lighthouse to the sweeping white cliffs on either side of the town, it's all years away from the hustle and bustle of today.. |
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Looking into town from the harbour |
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Harbour entrance lighthouse |
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It certainly evokes memories of childhood times. Days I can remember, spent making sandcastles on beaches and, of course, eating rapidly melting ice cream that would drip so annoyingly from (and through) the cornet it was served in.
There's even a funicular railway at Le Treport, which rises from the beach to the cliff top, and runs through twin tunnels in the cliffs. |
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The west cliffs (funicular tunnels just visible an inch in from the left) |
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Arriving, as we did, around 1.00pm, lunch was essential. Plenty of choice, so long as you like sea food. Whelks, cockles, mussels, oysters, crab, lobster, and more (most of which I could not translate from French to English, or even recognise what they were in English!). Real Molly Malone territory.
We eventually chose a seafront restaurant where we were inevitably joined by the four-legged friend seen below. |
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We first noticed him at a table of another restaurant when we were going through the selection process, and imagined him to belong to the diners at that table. But our friend is, in truth, a permanent feature of Treport.
No sooner did our food arrive than his big brown head appeared at tablecloth height. Well-practised in the art of the soft sell, he remained quietly at the table-side, eventually offering a paw in the hope of a morsel. Impossible to refuse, and, of course, you just have to know if a dog really can have a penchant for shellfish!
The answer is of course 'yes'!
More on Treport by clicking here. |
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Scrounger 'par excellence' |
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