I have just taken some Canadian visitors to Dieppe on the Seacat.

From the days when we used to go on the Senlac into the town, with the railway and the old fish market, the transformation is unbelievable. Coming back to Newhaven, with just a row of characterless flats on one side of the entrance to the harbour, my visitors said: "Why can't you do the same here and make a welcoming port like Dieppe?"

I could only say I didn't know why. Surely there must be a business group with some imagination to manage something. I can't imagine what French tourists must think of Newhaven.

To give credit where it is due, Hoverspeed has really created an attractive and efficient embarkation area - it shows what can be done.

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