Day Out - Guernsey

Guernsey

We were both off with no particular plans so Tim suggested a day trip to Guernsey!!  The ferry was due to leave Poole at 05:00 so we had to be at the port at 04:20!!  The return time was at 21:45 arriving back at Poole at 00:45!!  This gave us more than 12 hours on the island!!

The Lifeboat was in the harbour.

We arrived in time to ring for the St Peter Port Church of St Peter Apostle morning service.  

St Peter Port Church of St Peter Apostle 

We then got a pasty for lunch and sat and had a look at the map of the island.  We had been suggested a couple of areas that were worth a visit and nice to do some walking.  We waited for the next 7a bus and headed for Torteval.

We got off the bus by Torteval church.

Torteval Church

We headed down to the coast and walked round to La Lague.  On the way we saw a few German Observation Towers.

Rugged Coast Line

German Bunkers

German Trenches and heavy artillery

Table des Pions

Les Hanois Lighthouse

We got back on the bus at La lague and went round to Grandes Rocques.  We walked out to the Grandes Rocque Battery and then back to Goubeys for the bus.  Back at St Peter Port we walked out to Castle Cornet and Cornet Rock.

Castle Cornet

Cornet Lighthouse with fishermen

Fish that had just got caught!!

We had dinner in the Albion Tavern and then got the ferry home.  We had a great day and would definitely like to go back again to see more of the coast and the surrounding islands.