Stinky Bay - Le Pulec

At the Summer Solstice in June the sun sets ahead at L'Etacq in St.Ouen...






.. which is pleasant at Le Pulec around the corner (map)...









.. called Stinky Bay because of all the rotting seaweed that collects there.






I like the slipway here but this composition puzzles me - it seems to work full size, close up, but doesn't look right as a thumbnail..?!






Good job nobody was here when the rocks fell.







An Oystercatcher was very vocal...








.. closer.






A bit dim...








.. as the light fades.

Swapping Partners

Swapping one "Partners" restaurant for another, that is! The old one is about to face demolition for.... have a guess.... more housing!



The old... (on the map)...







.. with the new one behind, left.








Current entrance...







.. and interior.







The new building, from the lane...







.. and on the way back from the car park.







Should be nice to eat there with...







.. a good view of the greens and fairways...







.. as people clobber their little balls.

Changes

Just a few changes around the place that an observant visitor may notice if they haven't been here for a while.
Most of these are rushed snaps from a moving or slowed car, and the links to Google Maps are currently showing how the area used to look...

Benests of Millbrook (map) has had a bit of a make-over, windows frosted to spoil the view... I haven't dared go inside as I'd rather remember it as it was :)





.. down in the carpark.







Heading into town from Benests, these houses at Millbrook (map) are where the church used to be with the large Christ on a cross.






Farther along at St.Andrew's, the old pub (map) is for sale as a private dwelling...






.. where a friend of mine had his last drink as a free man before crossing the road to the church to do the deed :)








A bit farther along at First Tower, this bakery (map) has been closed for a while now.




On the other side of town, some elegant new houses (map) on the Route du Fort where the Laurels Hotel once was (still listed on many hotel websites like the Grange Court over the road which has been flats for ages now!).





More elegance where Toc H was (map), although Mum says "if you fell down those steps you'd be in the road under a car in no time!"






More flats (map) where St.Luke's parade of little shops was (site of old Eastern railway station).






Another piece of recent development by Plat Douet School (map).







.. and finally for now, the pigeon residence at Samares Manor with its new thatched roof (map).






And in other news, the field between La Moye Garage and another garage (map) that has since been redeveloped... yes... currently being cleared for yet another new housing estate. Blink for a moment in Jersey and new houses will appear, it seems.

Misc - more

It's that pink flower time of year again...








.. closer - out L'Etacq way.







Back at the harbour...








.. closer - South Pier.






Fountains at the waterfront...








.. closer.





A few seconds earlier the sunset was glowing nicely off the buildings at the Esplanade...

... I missed the shot :)

Misc.

Some odds and ends, a couple of which came from my friend "my roving reporter" :)
- thanks matey!



The tide's in at Rozel...







.. but out at St.Aubin's Fort
(different times and days, obviously!)




Pickwicks/Spar at 14 Queen Street has changed hands - it is now Blue Island News (any connection to the Blue Islands airline, Healthspan's takeover of Rockhopper?)




Channel Report broadcasting live from the square... trip hazard cable duct-taped to the granite... the white thing on a tripod is a microwave link aimed up to the signal station at the fort.




Hazy view on the way down to Ouaisne...







.. which can be a bit of a pain for traffic conflicts...








.. but usually worth it once you're there.

The Governor's new pond

A new pond has been created in the grounds of Government House, where it used to be just a meadow...






.. although you can't see it from inside cars on St.Saviour's Hill because there's a granite wall in the way...






.. but pedestrians can enjoy the view.







The grass has grown since I took this a few weeks ago :)







From the steps up to the school....







.. higher up...








.. and from the car park up there.







Ducks prepare to move in.