We've been on holiday in Jersey with some of Joyce's Weekly Walks group for a week walking (most of) the Jersey Tidal Trail around the perimeter of the island and visiting a few of the sights.
Today we walked
Section 7 (The Royal Bay of Grouville) and
Section 8 (St. Clement) of the trail, the last two sections.
This was our route.
Here are a few of my photos.
We were all on the bus to Gorey, but the walk was going to be too far for Shaun, so he stayed to explore the castle when we started walking.
But first we had drinks at Eastside coffee shop...
...and then walked along the pier.
Those potato fields look quite steep. We surmised that when they picked the potatoes they might just roll them down the hill.
Mont Orgueil Castle has cast its imposing shadow over the beautiful fishing port of Gorey for more than 800 years. One of the finest examples of a medieval fortress in existence, Mont Orgueil is also a symbol of Jersey’s national identity and independent character.
Off we go. While the others went straight onto the beach and had to cross a stream, I walked along the pavement and went down the slipway a bit further on.
We passed several towers today. This one on the Royal Jersey Golf Course, is called
Fort Henry (formerly Fort Conway). It is the only fort of its kind on Jersey and unique in a British Isles context. The fort belongs to the early Conway period with construction beginning soon after 1772 - located among the sand dunes of Grouville Bay and designed to hold the central sector of the coastline.
As we headed into the midday sun, the landscape took on an eerie monochromatic colour.
They were sharing biscuits on the beach, but Joyce saved me one for later.
I just loved these views out over the rock-strewn waters off the south-east coast.
I'd somehow got ahead of the others now.
Back on the beach now with the others. More towers.
The tower in the distance is the southernmost point of Jersey. It is 2 miles from La Roque harbour and only accessible on foot at low tide.
A local called Simon who we met here told us all about it.
The tide was noticeably coming in quite fast now.
I walked along to the end of the pier. This is looking back the way we had come.
Dawn and Alicia shouted for me to come as we were setting off again.
More sand walking and more towers.
I had some of the local Liberation Ale with my fish and chips.
The tower is a great example of Jersey’s unique form of coastal defence tower, developed by Sir Henry Seymour Conway in the late 18th century. Whilst the exact date of construction is unknown, we do know that the tower was built by the time of the Battle of Jersey in January 1781, because the French invading force, led by De Rullecourt, turned inland at Pontac to avoid passing Le Hocq on their way to St Helier.
Not far to go now - we were in the outskirts of St. Helier.
We rounded Mount Bingham passing the energy recovery facility....
...before coming to the old harbour.
Back at Liberation Square it was time for ice-cream.
Another lovely day's walking.
You can find more details of our 8.3 mile route on the Jersey Tidal Trail Route page or here on MapMyWalk and more of my photos here on Flickr.
Thank-you Joyce for leading us round.
You can see more of my blog posts about our trip below
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