For years I've always wondered, coming down Langley Ave., is there a way up into those fields, any footpaths?
The answer is Yes, I recently discovered. There's a No Through Road called Swan Farm Lane, heading down from the exit of Grainville School's road...
At the end, Swan Farm. And to the left, an official Public Footpath to Grands Vaux...
.. so I got to stand behind that phone box at last :)
A Bing map to illustrate what's what.
On the footpath. looking back at Langley Avenue...
.. to the right from that shot, a view over a field lets us see a distant Elizabeth Castle, amongst St.Helier's taller buildings.
Heading away from the official path, on what seems to be Permitted Access along a track between the fields.. the view back to the road where I had always wondered...
.. and there's an entrance, of sorts, to the grounds of Grainville School.
A bit farther along the track, and it emerges on the corner of Deloraine Road, at the top of the one-way hill.
Down said hill to Grands Vaux school, an old Cross...
.. and I took a detour to admire the streams below the reservoir...
.. a charming old house...
.. and a footpath opposite the GV primary school takes us behind Willow Grove to the depths of Pillar Gardens.. and another path goes right behind the houses and the woodland to emerge near the steep driveway to the Youth Center as seen here from just off the main road. The pathway back to Swan Farm is easily spotted off the car park around the corner up this road. All in all a rather pleasant bit of exploration for Team Crapaudmatic, and just goes to show that even after all these years there's
still more to see! :)
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At the forthcoming hijacked referendum PLEASE use BOTH votes.
e.g. A #1 ......... AND ........ C #2
Voting C as 2nd choice is NOT a vote against A because your 2nd vote does not count unless your first choice is knocked out in the first count,
Your 2nd choice vote ONLY counts if your first is knocked out ...... USE IT !
Do you want B to win because you didn't use your backup vote?
The current system (i.e. "C") is bad and undemocratic but least it is not "B", which is worse !!!!!!
I will vote A & C and hope that our politicians do the right and fair thing and adapt the result into something that respects
democratic principles like "A" but retains enough members for the much needed scrutiny function.
Perhaps have 7 Deputies per district (totalling 48) or maybe keep the Senators.
(keeping the island wide mandate is essential if the Chief Minister is going to get more powers)
The hijacked electoral commission has given us hijacked choices.
No change, or an elected dictatorship - a crass and immoral plan.
If "B" wins on the 24th our feeble democracy dies. Jersey's equivalent of Germany's 1933 enabling act, giving us a semi-elected dictatorship.
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