Jersey

There were more bikes than cars on this mornings ferry. Great place to catch up with other cyclists and what they were up to. The fast ferry only takes an hour and a half

OMG  It's not even 20 degrees when we land at St Helier. First time in 2 months I've had to swap the Japanese safety boots for shoes

The first priority was to have a SCONE. This tea shop is in liberation square and the statue shows the locals raising the British flag on liberation day. Being the only part of Britain occupied by the Germans during the war, a lot of tourism focus's on the occupation.

  While I was taking a shot of my scone a bloody seagull swooped down and took it.! Never got the shot but the lady gave me another scone !

  

Our guest house is on the other side of the island in Bouley Bay . We followed a bike trail through narrow lanes hardly wide enough for cars much less tractors

 It's started drizzling ! I'm afraid we've turned into a couple of whimps so took shelter

It's cleared up now and we really like the 'Undercliff Hotel'

There's a dive school in the bay as there's several wrecks out there including a Dakota Bomber from the war

It's low tide and I sat and watched fascinated as this cray fisherman came in from his pots. Never moan about your boat ramps again

His dad worked the controls and told me all about the life of a Jersey crab fisherman

He said it's only a small tide today at 34 feet. A big one is over 40 feet !  Struth !

He only had a small order to fill today so the rest were left in floating storage bins out near the pots. He works 400 pots and checks them every day. They also net fish ,and, get abalone (paua) which can sell for £20 each. 

Overlooking all this is the Liecester gun battery (1696 ) There's at least one of these guarding every bay that can land a boat

The pub over there is the Black Dog and has got a Guiness waiting for me. 😜