Friday 29 October 2010

DB9 Superyacht

A couple of weeks ago a superyacht called DB9 passed by and stopped in St.Helier Harbour. It is a 52m / 170ft PJ170 initially called the PJ-501
(see this webpage).





















































































Another vessel was there at the same time...









.. the tall ship "Christian Radich" (English language website)














Monday 18 October 2010

Misc

I'll start with the picture postcard shots today.
Here's Anne Port looking colourful.








.. having come around the coast from here...







.. Archirondel's old Round Tower...









.. closer.






Building work by Gorey's Castle Common...






.. and a view over the Royal Bay...






.. the harbour, closer.







.. and pier.






There's a house up in the top right that looks like it is falling over! ...






.. those crazy architects, LOL!






I took a walk to investigate...







.. looks fairly normal close up.






Meanwhile back at Gorey, an initiative to provide a cycle path on a wide main road where I really can't see there was a problem or a need for it...




.. but it provided work for someone, I suppose, in these difficult times.







I shall wait to see when I first see someone cycling here on this short stretch!






.. closer.






At the bottom of the coastal end of Plat Douet Road, an old commercial premises...





.. being felled to make way for... have a guess...
.. more new flats!






Top of Welly Hill - looks far more open than it used to, must have had the tree killers in...





.. now you can see the ironmongery on top of the 1894 Maison St. Louis weather observatory.






I noticed a new sign the other day...








.. at a higher tide.

There's one by Port Control too.






.. farther, instead of "closer" for a change :)







The Branchage filmfest Spiegeltent was here again this year. (3 words in a row that upset the spelling checker!)







A view down Kensington Place with a hazy Noirmont in the distance.





New Digital Telly aerials going up at Fremont Point, gives us a chance to see how big that white thing is...









.. here's a bloke with a head for heights, for an idea of scale!









Nearby at Wolf's Caves, the old pub (later to become a Worship Centre) is being ripped apart, like several abandoned vehicles in the car park.

Wednesday 13 October 2010

Pot du Rocher - circular walk

Today we go for a walk around the Pot du Rocher (means rocky cove?) area in Trinity, between Bouley Bay and White Rock/Rozel. These photos were taken earlier this year before the greenery arrived!

Heading down the main road from the Zoo area towards Rozel, there's a handy parking area down a track, just before the old La Tourelle...





This parking is close to the L'Etacquerel Fort, but we're going to take the main road route first, and do the cliff paths last...






A recently new stone marking the gift of land to the NT(J) as "Le Don Berni".






Nice way to include an old gatepost into a wall - don't bother making it level!





At this residence named after Pot du Rocheur, head down the track and don't worry about it seeming to intrude on their privacy - it is a Right of Way!







The track continues...








.. becoming a footpath to the west of a few parallel long strips of fields.





At the end of the path before steps to the left, a small patch of woodland has been stripped down to bare ground by two-wheelers.







The path descends down some steps to join the main coastal path, with a view over to Bouley Bay.






Heading to the east, away from Bouley Bay, and the path meanders along to a headland with a house with a view...





.. I have had a request to show how this house looks these days, so here are a few photos...
















The footpath crosses over the driveway...














.. what a view they have!






From the rock above the house, looking back.







.. looking over Bouley Bay - see that round thing in the water?





- that's an old boiler from some shipwreck.







The hotel at Bouley Bay...








.. and Fort Leicester by the pier.







In the other direction, the next headland features the companion Fort...






.. known as L'Etacquerel Fort...








.. closer.







.. and the lie of the land towards La Tourelle, and...






.. White Rock, with...







.. Les Ecrehos in the distance.




Looking back along the path to that good viewpoint headland above that house.

If you keep to the right of the paths from here onwards, you'll head inland to the car park from whence you started.



And here's a Google Map of the route, if it helps, should you wish to have a go. It's a nice walk!