Fermain Bay and Cliff Path

Thursday 17th July




Another scorcher today.  Val & Bernard wanted to go into St. Peter Port on the bus, so when we were all ready, John wheeled Val up to the main road and brought the wheelchair back home.  It's a very short way, but the road from here goes steeply down to a stream and up again, so a bit dodgy for Val.  We then set off in the other direction to the cliff-top and the path down to Fermain Bay.  With the tide up, the sand was all covered, but it was just right for the few people in swimming.  We stopped at the cafe to share an ice cream before the climb up again onto the path.  With views of the sparkly sea around every corner, we negotiated countless steps both up and down till we reached a set of more steps going down to the sea - the Ozanne Steps.  We just had to go down there as there was a geocache called Happy Landings.  So an extra 87 steps later, we were out on the rocks!  See above.    Above us for a lot of the walk, we could look up to some amazing houses up above the trees.  It also took us through a wooded hillside, so we took advantage of the shade to eat our picnic.  While there, some people came by who stopped to chat about how lovely the area is and the lady told us she lived in one of the more modest houses up there (we didn't spot anything that could be termed modest!).  The couple with her were visiting from Phoenix Arizona so were enjoying the cool here!
 Eventually we reached the harbour and decided to catch the bus back.  V & B returned on the next bus and John went to meet them again with the chair.  That chair has been a blessing.

The afternoon was spent relaxing by the pool and the photo shows that the water really is warm - I didn't even have to coax John in!!








 Anther cruise ship was out there again today - seems a different one comes each day.