Guernsey photos

Date: 10 April 2010 18:08:38

After 4 days at work, our little break to Guernsey for Auntie Doris' and The Mister's wedding feels like a million years ago. But, here are some pictures to convince me that we were actually there! (click on any for the set on flickr - if you're friends with me on facebook you'll know there are considerably more, these are just some of the highlights!)

View from the end of the road.

Les Cotils (reception venue).

Worth enlarging: please can someone explain why the Guernsey Tourist Information Centre would display an Aberdeen City Guide?!!:

A few shots from our day trip to Herm:

I was so excited that one of my favourite artists, sculptor Anthony Gormley, was featuring on Herm, this only got put up last month and I think is around for the next few months.

I enjoyed seeing patterns on the beaches:

This seaweed made me think of a Dr Who baddie:

We never did figure out what this was. It was marked on the map only as "obelisk", very helpfully:

These are from near Shell Beach on Herm. I loved the colours of the boats:

I'm so pleased with this picture of HD:

Final two views from Herm:

The next day we went to the fascinating Occupation Museum, giving us a view into life on the island in the second World War when Guernsey (along with the other Channel Islands) was occupied by the Germans. Here are a few photos I took:

Cal stares down the barrel of a gun.

I took these in St Peter Port, the island capital town: so British, yet so different (it's amazing what a coat of paint can do!):

Later we drove round to the other side of the island, where we found a German observation tower looking over towards Lihou Island (which can be reached at low tide by a very lunar-looking causeway - here's photos of them both):

And then on to the wedding (the reason we were there, of course!). I've just picked out a couple of my favourite pictures of the happy couple to start with:

And here's a few more I liked:

The reception featured lots of cakes. We needed a bit of a savoury injection as I for one felt like bouncing off the walls after all that sugar, so HD nipped out to the corner shop and bought some cheese and biscuits. This cheese label made me laugh - Pirate Cheese!

The next day was Easter Sunday. Not only did we go to church, we Mystery Worshipped it. This is the Town Church in St Peter Port:

which had some amazing stained glass:

We had lunch in Candie Gardens:

Then HD and I went to the German Underground Hospital while Cal went for a walk in the sunshine. The Hospital was quite extraordinary, in a sobering kind of way:

After that we went on to probably the most bonkers place on Guernsey, the Little Chapel. We absolutely loved it, but it is truly bonkers. No other word will do!

(HD is in this picture to give a sense of scale).

We finished up the day (our final day) with a clifftop walk starting from Le Petit Bot bay:

What a lovely few days. Guernsey was such a pretty and welcoming place, it was a great way to spend a few days. As I've mentioned here before we are harbouring a bit of a dream to live on a Scottish island at some point, and I think that I would still prefer that to Guernsey - I like my scenery a bit more rugged (not to mention the weather, I guess!) and found Guernsey a bit genteel for my taste. But as a place to go for a holiday I'd definitely recommend it, we had a great few days. Thanks to Auntie Doris for giving us the chance to see it, and we wish you and The Mister every happiness as you start out married life!