I was waiting for the local blogs to go quiet now that one of the main players is off for his traditional Christmas break in a plush all-inclusive resort (free meals, heating, healthcare, gym, etc). But it's still lively enough, so there's no point sitting on this pile of Misc any longer...
Looking down to White Rock, on the north coast...
.. small bay to the east (with no easy means of access found so far)...
.. and the posh house on the headland overlooking Rozel.
Zooming in to the old jetty at the quarry at Ronez Point.
They say that you just don't see white dog poo any more (it was even mentioned on QI the other week). So I had to take a snap when I found some, just to prove that it's still out there somewhere :)
Les Ecrehos...
.. first the French put this windfarm in a Carteret direction from us - located at Sortosville-en-Beaumont (
here from above on Bing Maps) (
Streetview from here) ...
... then I recently noticed a new lot from La Rocque. They are lined up with the light on the end of St.C's breakwater from the carpark by the slipway and white martello, which is in a Surville direction and works out to be
this lot just off the D67 south of Baudreville (Bing map from above) - and
here they are on Streetview.
Find all Normandy wind farms with
www.normandie-actu.fr/carte
Down on the beach at St.Ouen, one of my roving reporters visited La Rocco Tower on the Open Day (more later)...
.. and it's goodbye to the RNLI beachguards for another year.
The aftermath of a stormy night - the annual autumn harvest of seaweed washed up onto what is normally pristine golden sand.
One of the Open Day properties, the Square Fort...
.. looking in from the doorway. The access to the roof terrace wasn't allowed... spoilsports!
Historic Jersey Airport restored to its old glory without the ugly control tower bits that were bolted on top...
.. closer.
3 comments:
Lovely shots. More Posh Houses (and remote forts), please. I really admire that big old house at Portelet. I respect the privacy of the residents and I know that you daren't tell us who lives there anyway but if the properties are visible to the public they you can snap them for us. Bing Maps and Google Street View can only show glimpses, after all. You can capture detail and we can dream!
Keep up the good work
That little bay can be accessed by going down the farm track that comes off of the corner of the tarmacked lane that leads down to White Rock, the last corner before the carpark. Go down the dust track, past the cotils on your left and rough land to your right. At the bottom field (which I believe is Nat Jersey Trust) there is a hidden gap in the sea-wards hedging. Follow the nearly overgrown path down past the abandoned(?) vegetable garden with vars. cloches et c and turn left at the steps until you arrive on the beach. It's difficult to describe mah fé, but ah hope you get there, eh?
Thanks Visitor, always good to hear from you and I'll see what I can do about more forts and houses :)
Thanks too, Anon. I did spot that smallholding area on a walk recently but it looked too private to venture through... I may go back next summer, thanks!
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