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Alan and Anne, Keith, Paul and John went to Dieppe and had a lovely time |
We said goodbye to Newhaven....
flew a little kite off the ferry... 
- and said Hello to Dieppe... 
Lovely smooth crossing - Hello Dieppe! 
What a super welcoming sight 
Registration first. Marthe issued Minkey with his kite flyer's badge. Very Important. 
We stayed in the little house in Rue des Cordiers 
Keith Paul and John for the week. Plus Bob and Alan for one night and Sally for two nights. Very cosy. Alan and Anne stayed in their van but ate most evenings with us in the little house Cuppa coffees for Alan and Anne, wine for Keith and a bowl of sugar for Paul. 
Alan was super mobile with his Buggy. Minkey cadges a lift. 
So, kites it was.... for whole lovely week 
The Guests of Honour this year were from Thailand and we were treated to some wonderful kite flying and dancing The very fine flying team 
The Chula and Pakpao interacting 
(click on picture to see them flying - 9.28MB)
John with the Thai Basket Lady - Alan and Minkey with an ornate dancer 
Of course, everyone had to pose for their photograph with Minkey 
Janneke and Marla share the limelight with Minkey 
John spent happy hours with Yolanda & Orlando making Yellow Pages kites by the hundred. 
This young lady was delighted to make and then fly her little paper kite. 
These leaf skeleton kites were exquisite 
One day, Keith went off to the Castle... 
From where he had an excellent view of the festival in full swing 
One day, John found Danny Rice in the Nepal tent splitting some big bamboo. It was for framing a skin of 6 sheets of lovely handmade Nepalese Lokta paper. 
John trimmed the bamboo and made this enormous fighter .... 
Constructed with care. Ramesh and Nirmal stand proudly by the kite The Majestic Kite flying
On another day, we found that Irene had knitted a Rokaku for Nest. With ingenuity, the thing was made to fly.... 
Just look at the delight on Nest's face as the only knitted kite in Dieppe actually flies! Minkey had to fly his kite most days 
As usual, everyone was delighted to see the little fellow showing just what an accomplished kite flyer he is. to see him in action, click on picture We walked around Dieppe and saw the sights......... 
Arty shots in St Jacques 
The Lady Chapel at St Remy - Eglise St Jacques Dieppe Old Harbour 
By day and...... by night 
On Thursday, Alan and Anne treated us to a super seafood meal. If it came from the sea, we ate it. 
On the Friday, we took Minkey to the Party..
He really is a Party Minkey (note the excellent kite flying) 
We saw People making kites - Note how Abdul is wearing his Gitpatch with pride. 
Thai mystique: to make Papkao kites, you must take your left shoe off. We saw all sorts of kites.......... 
So many wonderful kites to see Minkey kept on meeting people from all over the world..... Meeting Angela and Edith from Austria 
Here he is in Taiwan 
One is a boat and the other one is a boat. Which is which? 
After a super week which whizzed by, it was time to go home First, we had to leave some little kites and a Thank You note behind for Steve, Jane and Maddy 
Then to the ferry.... There were many, many police people there. Of course, Minkey had to befriend a few. 
Goodbye Dieppe 
Do you see that little kite flying off the back of the ferry? 
It is a little workshop kite that Alec brought along. It flew all the way from Dieppe to Newhaven. Minkey was flying it of course. 
And the sun went down in a blaze of glory.... 
Nearly home - Minkey's little kite flew up and said hello to the moon 
Another wonderful Dieppe Festival. Thank you Sandrine and all the team at Dieppe Capitale du Cerf Volant Looking forward to the next time in 2012. "À la prochaine!" Photo Albums:- White Horse Kite Flyers |
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