A Glorious Week in Jersey

We have just returned from a lovely week in Jersey where the weather for 6 out of the 7 days was glorious and the only rain was a short spell on the morning of our last full day there. We flew out on EasyJet and the only reason for this photo is that our case can just be seen travelling on the belt into the hold of the aircraft. This is the only time in my many hundreds of flights over years that I have seen my case being loaded onto the aircraft. 

This was the view from our hotel in there St. Clements area of Jersey and only about 1.5 miles from St. Helier. We arrived at the best time for the tides with High Tide on the first day at about 10.00am and then approx. an hour later each day with it being at 4.00pm on our last full day. The weather was just perfect and I spent most of the time in a pair of shorts and sandals while Gaye was a bit more sensibly dressed.

The small village of Rozel still on the east coast 

We enjoyed a lovely lunch in the Bon Nuit Cafe overlooking this small harbour. 

The Bonn Nuit Cafe from the harbour wall. Our terms at the Samares Hotel was just Bed & Breakfast so we were able to eat at a different place each day and were spoiled by the many excellent cafes and pubs on the Island with Sea Food that was just superb.  

Gaye enjoying a seat in the sun. We have been very fortunate in our last two September holidays as last year we had superb weather on our weeks holiday in the East Neuk of Fife.  

Another day and another beach but this time on the west coast and St Ouen's Bay

This was our favourite place called La Greve de Lecq and we even managed to have a paddle in the sea. It was the warmest day of our holiday and not even a breeze to bother us. 

Six months ago we were paddling in the Pacific in California but the sea was much warmer in Jersey

An afternoon spent in the hotel garden and using the lovely leisure facilities

This is La Corbiere Lighthouse in the south west of the Island in the district of St. Brelade. When we arrived there the siren had just sounded which warned everybody that they had just 15 minutes before the causeway would be covered by the fast incoming tide. We quickly walked over and back and within minutes of our return the sea started to cover the causeway. 

This is just after we finished our walk across 

And this is 5 minutes later 

Our favourite Greve de Lecq on our last day when the weather was not so good. 

Near the hotel was a small island called Green Island that you can only cross to at low tide. This had not been possible for most of our week during the day except for Tuesday before we flew back home. I took advantage after breakfast to scramble over the rocks and walk onto the island as it was 6 hours before high tide. 

The view from Green Island