GUERNSEY COASTAL PATH (Including Herm Island & Sark Island) JULY 2015
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Day 1 Saturday
18th July 2015 (St Peter Port to Saints Bay)
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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