Day 14 Lihou Island and North West Guernsey
We had an email from Condor Ferries today to say we are now booked on the Saturday night sailing to Poole, so brought forward a day. We arrive at 23.40 so have booked the Premier Inn in Ferndown for the night and will drive to Hertford on Sunday morning.
Now to make the most of our extended holiday.
After a relaxing breakfast, we drove a short distance along the coast to Fort Hommet and the gun casements that were added in WW2. There were some great coastal views as well.
After this we drove to the causeway from where you can walk to Lihou Island which is on the north west corner of Guernsey. The causeway is open at low tide during hours of daylight. At the moment it seems to be open for 2 3/4 hours for 7 or 8 days then closed for 2 days. It opened at 11:39 today and closed at 14:14. There were quite a few people waiting. Most of the causeway was block stone but in places this had sunk and we had to walk over wet pebbles or seaweed. Towards the end Paul slipped and fell on his backside into a wet area so had to walk around with a wet bottom. There was a well defined path around the island with a few other paths where you could walk to rocks or over the pebbles. There is a protected nature reserve for nesting birds in the spring and visitors are not allowed into this area at that time. There is also a big house, built by former owners, than can be rented as a holiday home on a self catering basis.
We walked around and it was very scenic and very peaceful. No dogs are allowed. We came back a bit earlier than planned as Paul was feeling very uncomfortable and returned to the hotel where he changed before we went off to continue with our plans for the day.
Many small roads in Guernsey are marked “Rue Tranquil” which means horses, cyclists and pedestrians have priority over cars.
We finished our day at Pleinmont Point on the South West corner of the island. There are a lot of WW2 batteries, observation towers and underground bunkers here.
We had fish and chips from the local shop for our evening meal and ate it in the car. We couldnt sit on the benches outside the shop as it was high tide and the waves were coming across the road towards the tables.
When we got back to the hotel they were getting ready for the weekly Quiz Night. Paul and I joined in and called ourselves "The Midlanders". This caused a lot of the locals to come and talk to us as they had connections in the Midlands. One man had immediate family in Leicestershire and knew Hinckley well. There was another who was originally from Great Glen. He said he had 3 other friends in Guernsey who had lived as ex pats in Hong Kong so he was interested in my time out there. Paul and I were in 4th place (out of 13) at the interval but eventually finished 12th out of 13 as the last 2 rounds just floored us. It was good fun though.
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