2012 Project365 (Day 179)
Categories: camping-2, festival-2
Tags: family, camping, Gran Nora, Sark, festival, Sark Folk Festival
Date: 01 July 2012 19:35:58
Today we travelled to Sark, one of the smallest and definitely one of the most beautiful of the Channel Islands. Just three miles long and a mile and a half wide it seems to tower out of the sea as you arrive by boat and The Mister commented that it reminded him of Jurassic Park. Not to mention that when we got the boat there it was quite foggy and I seriously expected the Black Pearl from The Pirates of The Caribbean to come sailing out.
We were in Sark for Sark Folk Festival. We have never been before so it is a new experience!
We arrived a day early though and did some exploring. The house in this picture is called Beau Sejour and I believe that Gran Nora lived there with Grandpa during the Occupation when she worked as a nurse on the island. There was a small exhibition about the Occupation in Sark so we went to see if there was any information. There was only a little bit, mainly a comment that she gave birth to twins whilst living there!
So, Sark is beautiful, windy and very, very dark at night. It is essential to take a torch!