St. Peter Port Sunday 13th

John and I set off in the sunshine at 8.30 this morning to buy the bread at the local bakery, only to find it closed.  (A local lady I spoke to yesterday had told me it was open every morning!)  Still, we knew that M&S up the road was going to be open, so we continued on through St. Martin, arriving there at 8.50 only to find it opened at 9!  But that was just time to go for the nearest geocache - in the garden hedge of the house owner, but we didn't see him - and back to buy our hot rolls.  Val & Bernard wondered where we'd got to, but were delighted with the result.

Everyone is very friendly here - the German family next door sat out at their picnic table, where the daughter had her Loom Bands spread out all over a white bath towel and soon various people came to see what was going on.  Our Emilie had recently demonstrated how to make the various patterns, so we were already enlightened.  Other children came and joined in and soon we were chatting to some parents who have lived in Guernsey for 13 years and were staying here while they were having building work done on a house they have bought nearby - they are thinking of buying a motorhome in France as they share our love of the country and that's where they would be using it.

After a leisurely lunch by the pool, we caught the bus into St. Peter Port.  Wow, it is so beautiful in the sunshine.  With Val using the wheelchair we walked out to the end of a couple of the jetties and also out by Castle Cornet and beyond to the little old lighthouse.  We knew that the Oceana was in port today and from here we had a perfect view of her with a backdrop of the island of Herm.

On Sundays in the summer, the seafront roads are closed to traffic and lots of stalls are there selling local products, food and crafts, but all we bought were ice creams and drinks.

 My first dip in our pool on our return - there was a breeze blowing so couldn't persuade any of the others!  But the water was so warm and relaxing.

We are not really bothered about the football stuff going on at the moment, but we are switching on the TV every now and again to see how the final is getting on - or shall we say NOT getting on.  Result not yet known at time of writing ......

It's still here Jen!