Today we explored the west coast of Jersey - it has been a gloriously sunny day but VERY WINDY (WARNING: Pictures below show seriously bad windswept hair)!
Our first stop of the day was Plemont Bay at the very north west of the Island. The plan was to have breakfast at the little cafe there and then explore the beach with its rock pools, sea caves and waterfalls. We had the choice of driving down to the cafe down a steep road no bigger than a path down the side of a cliff, or parking at the top and walking down about 100 steps - we chose the latter but we regretted it on the way back up (I had to keep stopping for a rest)! We had a lovely breakfast (I had waffles and Peter had bacon and eggs with his waffle) with a beautiful view of the beach with the Islands of Guernsey, Sark and Herm in the distance. After breakfast we made our way down some more steps to get on the beach - however we hit a problem when we got to the bottom of the steps.....although the tide was out there was a huge rock pool at the bottom of the steps that we would have to wade through to get to the beach which we decided against and just took photos from the steps instead. It was a shame as it would have been a lovely beach to stroll along but it wasn't to be!
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| Plemont bay (view from the steps!) |
We then made our way down the west coast along St Ouens bay which is 5 miles long, with the first stop being at Etacquerel which is the northern most tip of St Ouens bay.
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| Panoramic view of Etacquerel |
Our next stop was the Channel Islands Military Museum which was based in one of the German bunkers from WW2. It was just a small museum full of artifacts and stories left over from the occupation and was interesting - I think we will be experts on the German occupation of Jersey by the end of the holiday!!!
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| Peter outside the Channel Islands Military Museum |
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| St Ouens Bay |
Our next stop was a wild meadow I had read about which I thought would be nice to see, even if it was blowing a gale! Peter wasn't keen but we went to find the meadow, which was just over the road from St Ouens Bay, and it took us a while to get there but finally found it. When we got there there was a group of people with a guide who told us that the meadow was not currently open to the public (its a meadow for gods sake!). There was another couple there and the lady said to me, lets just tag on the back so we did! The guide didn't seem to mind and as we were walking long he said to us "do you know what you are looking for" and we said no (with blank looks on our faces!) and he showed us two wild orchids that were scattered through the meadow.
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| Wild Orchids |
The meadow caused Peter's hay-fever to flare up so we ended up sneaking off from the group in the end! The wind was really bad and at one time it was buffeting the car whilst I was driving along and nearly pushed us off the road!!! Our final stop of the day was Corbiere Lighthouse - as the tide was out we were able to walk across the causeway right up to the Lighthouse.
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| Monument at Corbiere Lighthouse |
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| Its behind you! |
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| Walking over the causeway to the lighthouse |
By this time it was mid afternoon so we decided to drive back to St Brelades Bay and had a cream tea sitting outside looking over the bay.
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| Panoramic view of St Brelades Bay |
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