St Valery sur Somme sits on a limestone promontory in the heart of the bay where the canal maritime heads inland to connect with Abbeville. St Valerie was visited by both William the Conqueror and Joan of Arc. Today the former medieval city with cobbled streets,has been given over to tourism.
The old town quay must have been a great place to sit out bad weather, the channel turns left and out into the bay
Looking inland toward the canal the town marina, with the huge tides and associated strong currents in the areas not to mention the many sand banks and shallows it must be a challenging area to sail, probably like north Norfolk coast or the Severn or Dee estuaries in the UK.
The Somme Bay railway has a terminus in St Valerie, originally built during the Epoque, traditional carriages are drawn by steam locomotives connecting to the nearby towns of Le Crotoy, Noyelles-sur-Mer, Saint-Valery-sur-Somme and Cayeux-sur-Mer for tourists who enjoy the quaint charm of Victorian travel during a tour of the seaside resorts
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