Plan A this morning was to go to Herm. We did not allow for the fact that there is insufficient 10 hour parking by the harbour. We confirmed with the ticket office that we can use our tickets tomorrow instead and dropped into Plan B. Drove the short distance to Jerbourg Point at the SE corner of Guernsey. Amazing views of the rocky coastline in glorious sunshine. Val and Bernard strolled with us a short way along the cliff top and then we parted company as we headed off on the coast path around the peninsular, finding 3 geocaches on the way. We rejoined them for a late lunch at the Jerbourg Hotel, before leaving them again to enjoy the sunshine, while we took the (long way down) path to St. Martin's point. We counted the steps on the way back up - 319 - but paused at every 50 to get our breath back! Fantastic views of Herm, Sark and Jersey and Alderney in the distance.
When I was a little girl, I was very impressed with a postcard of the Little Chapel that my brother, Eric, sent from his Scout camp on Guernsey. This afternoon I saw it for myself! It is so tiny - built in 1923. All the walls inside and out, the ceiling and the floor all covered with mosaic pieces of tiles and china. Unfortunately, there were too many steps up to it for Val, but we took plenty of photos for her. Inside the chapel were some chaps doing some measuring and fixing a wooden frame around the entrance. They pointed out some rather hefty cracks in the walls. All this caused by the earthquake last Friday. They told us that the chapel was actually starting to slip down the hillside - glad we got there before it did!
Then we drove to the SW coast to see the huge bays of Rocquaine and Vazon. The tide was out too far for a paddle, but we shall return.
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