GUERNSEY COASTAL PATH (Including Herm Island & Sark Island) JULY 2015 |
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Victoria Marina St Peter Port
Setting off on the Dockside
Albert Marina St Peter Port
Next up for the Annual Guernsey Hill Climb in St Peter Port
Burning Rubber at the Start of the Hill Climb
The Leader of the Speed Boat Race in Havelet Bay
Still in the Lead Passing Castle Cornet
The Leader Leaving the Bay by the Outdoor Swimming Pool
The Outdoor Swimming Pool too Cold for Some
Heading for the Coastal Path
This Looks Like the Right Way
The Start of Two Days of Steps
Come on
Last Look at Castle Cornet and Havelet Bay
A Twin Prop Aurigny Flight Plane Heading for the Airport
Hands up at the Clarence Battery
The Restored Cannons at Clarence Battery
Following the Trail to Fermain Bay
Another Waymarker
Purple Buddleia
Looking North over Clarence Battery to Castle Cornet
Still Going up
Rowers Racing Between Ozanne Steps and the Island of Herm
Fermain Bay
Having a Break at the Loop-holed Tower known as the Pepper Pot at Fermain Bay
Looking Back to Fermain Bay
View Point Overlooking the Island of Herm
Hiding in the Ferns
Paddleboarding near St Martins Point
Waymarker
Leaving St Martins Point
More Steps
"But of Course I Understand German"
The Top Step onto Jerbourg Point
Looking Back Down at the Light and Fog Station at the end of St Martins Point
Jerbourg Point
Overlooking Some German Observation Bunkers
A Nice Quiet Track
This Way
A Magpie Moth Sunning Itself
The Latest Twin Jet Engine Aurigny Flight Plane Taking Off
Petit Port Bay & Moulin Huet Bay
Looking Over to Icart Point
Climbing Above Moulin Huet Bay
Song Thrush in Hedgerow
Above La Petit Port
Looking Back at La Petit Port
Waymarker to Saints Bay
Cliff Path Between Bays
Last Look at La Petit Port
More Steps
Saints Bay
"It's Spitting" Now Where's the Bus Stop
Boats Moored in Saints Bay
Looking Back Towards Saints Bay and Yesterdays Path
The Loop-holed Tower Overlooking Saints Bay
Stone Waymarker to Icart Point
Cliff Path to Icart Point
More Steps
Keep Smiling
Looking West Towards Petit Bot Bay from Icart Point
Wild Alliums on the Side of the Path
The Cliff Path Stretches out Before us
"This Way Come on"
Still Smiling
The Steps and Ladder Leading Down to the Rocky Cove of Le Jaonnet Bay
The Path on the Cliffs Above Petit Bot Bay
Canoeists Heading Towards a Sea Cave
The Steps Down to the Cafe
The Cafe used to be an Old Watermill and Another Loop-holed Tower at Petit Bot Bay
This Way
Petit Bot Bay
Looking Back Over to Icart Point
The Path goes Inland for a Short Distance
Back to the Coastal Path
Time for a Break
Come on up Here
Another Break near the German Observation Tower at La Prevote
Climbing up to the Tower
Nearly There
For Every up there's a Down
Looking Back at the Tower at La Prevote
The Last Steps of the Day
The Church at Torteval Where we Catch the Bus Back to St Peter Port
The Condor Liberation Ferry Entering St Peter Port (Carrying Nadia & Martin)
The Herm Ferry Leaving St Peter Port
Arriving at Herm Harbour with Guernsey in the Distance
A Rocky Outcrop Near the Harbour
The Costal Path on Le Petit Monceau
A Pose on Le Petit Monceau
Chatting on Mouisonniere Beach on the North of the Island
A Cormorant on a Rocky Outcrop
Posing on a Rock on Mouisonniere Beach
An Oystercatcher Posing on a Rock on Mouisonniere Beach
This Must be Shell Beach
Shell Beach
Deciding Which Cake to Have
Enthusiastic Diggers on Shell Beach
Shell Beach
One of the Many Wild Alliums that Decorate the Side of the Path
Heading South with the Island of Sark in the Distance
Close up of a Fuchsia in a Hedgerow
The Signpost on Belvoir Beach
Below us Belvoir Beach
Looking Back at Belvoir Beach and Shell Beach
A Small Meadow Brown Butterfly Sunning Itself
A Group of Shags on a Rocky Island
The Condor Liberation Ferry Passing Between Herm and Sark
Coming into View Jethou Island to the South
Looking North Towards the Island of Alderney
"Come on Keep up"
Our Ferry Approaches
The Ferry Heading for Rosiere Steps
A Final Pose on Herm with Jethou Island Behind
Back on the Guernsey Coastal Path
A Quick Pose Above the Cliffs
Heading West
Looking West Along the Coastal Cliffs to Mount Herault
A Sea Arch in a Rocky Headland
Back on the Coast Means Back on the Steps
Looking Back Towards the German Observation Tower at La Prevote from Sunday
Ahead of us the 18th Century Mount Herault Watch House
Just Ahead of us the 20th Century German Observation Towers
This Massive Tower Housed Range Finding Equipment for the Nearby Gun Battery
The Well Fortified Tower saw Little Action During WW2
Heading out onto the Headland in Front of the Tower
Having a Break on the Headland
Leaving the Tower
On our Way Again
Heading Towards the Next Tower
Looking Back at the Tall Observation Tower
The Hanois Lighthouse seen Through the Smaller Western Tower Viewing Slot
The Gun at Batterie Dollmann
Boys with Toys
One of the Entrances to the Tunnels
Inside the Tunnels that Connect the Bunkers at Batterie Dollmann
Looking West out to the now Unmanned Hanois Lighthouse
Passing the German Observation Tower on Pleinmont Point
A Kestrel Looking for Pray Above the Cliffs
Looking Ahead up the Coast to Fort Saumarez
Portelet Bay
For Over 200 years Fort Grey has Stood Guard over Portelet Bay and Rocquaine Bay
Curlew Looking for Prey on the Beach
On the Beach Road to Fort Saumarez
Avoiding the Road by Walking on the Beach Wall
A Tiny Triple Prop Aurigny Flight Plane Heading for the Airport
The Pebbly Beach at the North End of L'eree Bay
No Path so it's Back on the Wall Again
Another Pebbly Beach this time in Perelle Bay
The Huge Sandy Beach on Vazon Bay
The Tunnel Entrance to Sark from Creux Harbour
Which way Now?
An Old Rusty Cannon on Les Laches
Must be This Way
Sark Henge
Sark Henge Looking S/W Along the Coast
Walking onto Derrible Point
Derrible Point
Looking Back Over Derrible Bay Towards Derrible Point
Looking S/W Along the Coast to Little Sark
Dixcart Bay from the Hogsback Ridge
Close up of the Sloe Berries on Hogsback Ridge
Off to the Beach
Heading Towards a Natural Arch in the Sandstone Cliff on Dixcart Bay
Going Through the Arch
A Pose on the Beach in Dixcart Bay
Leaving a Chorley Sculpture on the Beach
Back Through the Arch
A Pose by the Arch
Grape Vines on a South Facing Slope
Up and Over the Stile
Wheat Field Edged with Wild Flowers
Le Coupee, the road Joining Little Sark with the rest of the Island
Time for a Pose
Quiet Country Lane on Little Sark
Guernsey Cows on Little Sark
French for Fawlty Towers
Crossing Back Over Le Coupee
Rush Hour Sark Style
Rush Hour Over
Spot the Odd One Out
The Pilcher Monument
Let's Have Five Minutes
La Havre Gosselin Harbour Between the Little Island of Brecqhou and Sark
Close up of a Sloe Berry
The Island of Brecqhou in Gouliot Bay
Overlooking the Harbour of La Havre Gosselin from the North
Last Horse and Cart to the Ferry
HMS Northumberland Circles the Ferry on our way Back to Guernsey
Morning Surf School in Vazon Bay
Bunker on the Northern Headland of Vazon Bay
A Short Road Walk
Elevenes at Cobo Bay
Leaving Cobo Bay
Saline Bay
You First
Geronimo......
Watch Out Below
Making Friends with a Guernsey Cow
Another bit of Wall Walking
Approaching the Loopholed Rousse Tower
One of the Cannons in the Tower
Sailing Boat in Le Grand Havre Bay
Looking Back Across the Bay to the Tower and Snack Kiosk
Click Click
On the Skyline the Parish Church St Michel du Valle
One of the Many Agapanthus Growing by the Side of the Path
Amarreurs Harbour
Looking Back over the Appropriately Named Ladies Bay
This is My Rock
Pembroke Bay
Waiting for the Bus Back to St Peter Port
Back on to the Beach at Pembroke Bay
Heading Towards Martello Tower no 5 on L'ancresse Bay
Rifle Range near Fort La Marchant
Click Click
The Upper Ramparts of Fort La Marchant
The Lower Ramparts of Fort La Marchant
I Wonder What's in There?
A Butty Box Hidden in the Wall
What's This?
Its a "Geocache"
I Feel Another Chorley Sculpture Coming on
Easy Does it
This is Like Pebble Jenga
Steady
Lookout on Fort Doyle
Another Pebbly Beach
Beaucette Marina Which is an old Flooded Quarry
Elvis Guernsey Cow Outside Beaucette Marina Yacht Club
Another Old Quarry this time used as a Fish Farm
Inside Le Dehus Dolmen a very well Preserved Prehistoric Burial Chamber
Stranded by the Tide Fishing Boats at Petils Bay
The Cranes in the Industrial Harbour at St Samson
The Marina at St Samson
Journeys End Victoria Marina St Peter Port
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