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| Rocquaine Rocquaine bay is at the South-West corner of Guernsey. The
fortification on the right is Fort Grey, which is now a maritime museum. Many ships have
been lost on the rocks off the West coast of Guernsey, and this museum is dedicated to
these tragedies. |
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Portelet Portelet is at the South-West corner of Guernsey, near Pleinmont
Point. This is a well-hidden bay still in use by local fishermen for landing their catches
of lobster and crab. Above the bay is a pedestrian-only road which follows the coastline
for half a mile to Pleinmont Point. |
| Fort Richmond This west-coast landmark is sited on a headland between Rocquaine and
Vazon bay to the north. It is on private land, so I have never visited it properly.
Guernsey has a few of these forts which were built by the occupying German's during the
2nd world war. They seem to be based on our older "Martello towers" which have
been standing for hundreds of years (see my Northern
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Lihou Island Overlooked by Fort Richmond, Lihou can be reached by a pedestrian causeway
at low tide. Just don't lose track of the tides! An ancient monastery on the island has
become the site of an archeological dig in recent years. |
| As seen here, there is one house on the island,
leased to a tenant, and caretaker of the island. |
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This field at L'Eree was an aerodrome before
Guernsey airport was built on higher land. It is now home to a flock of sheep. Barely
visible on the left is the shale bank used to keep the sea were it is supposed to be! |
| These Guernsey cows are a regular sight at milking time. The traffic stops as the
herd is moved from one field to another. As you can see, I took this shot from the
driver's seat of my car (note mirror at the bottom of the picture). |
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St Saviour's Church, St Saviours. |
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