Showing posts with label Icho Tower. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Icho Tower. Show all posts

Tuesday, 25 October 2011

Misc - west/harbour/art/hocq

(updated Thurs 27th Oct - now with gun-toting squirrel!)

From the other side of St.Peter's Valley, there's a distant view of the new airport tower to the side of the church steeple. I found it an interesting contrast of old and new, YMMV :)







It's still green.








.. along the bay a bit, Kempt (Martello) Tower is having some work done.







A Tourist-o-scope at Noirmont...





.. and at the other side of the bay, as low down on the tide as it gets for this Condor - you can barely see it compared to the usual view from South Hill. It had been waiting in the bay for the water to rise enough, I believe 3.5m is required before it can come in.





Container ship Huelin Dispatch leaving.









GF stickers are still around, as are 5 or 6 of his larger pieces...






.. the shoe stencils too are still around...








.. joined now by gun-toting squirrels!








.. and GF's stencilling rival has decided to try placing a canvas artwork in town too. This one brightens up the Parade.








There were some "Power To The People" signs around the town centre during the elections - thanks to Tom for telling us where they point to : "The QR code takes you to islandpower.org, which redirects to channelonline.tv/channelonline_elections2011/ "









Finally, four views from a brief stretching of the legs I enjoyed at Le Hocq one evening in rather pleasant weather for the time of year...






.. right a bit, Seymour Tower in the distance...






.. right some more, the other out-at-sea tower, Icho.








.. and the low-lying 'headland' (is there a good word for that?) at Green Island.

Wednesday, 3 February 2010

La Rocque

More pics from over a year ago - this time La Rocque at the island's South East corner.








.. closer.






The way to the pier.







Tower (privately owned) - the pink house is now far more garishly coloured - must take a new pic one day.






Not keen on this one.








- or this.







A riot of colour







This looked great on the camera. Pity it doesn't here :)

Saturday, 11 April 2009

Noirmont


Charming St.Helier, from Noirmont...








.. right a bit, Elizabeth Castle and the rotting old fort pool up beyond.






.. right a bit more, the south-east corner and Seymour Tower.






.. right again, Icho Tower.

Right some more, past Chaussey and the Minkies, looking just past south I believe...




.. now it was a good low tide, and visibility was good, but I don't recall ever seeing France in that direction before...?






.. closer - that would be somewhere around the Frehel region (on the map).





And why shouldn't that part of France be visible, if the Roches Douvres lighthouse can be seen? (map and views )








Anyhow, back on the island, an excavated bunker...







... Ammo store number 6...








.. two small rooms.








To the west, Portelet Tower on the islet in the bay...









.. and from another direction, from near the Inn...







.. closer.

Oh, and Happy Easter :)

Tuesday, 3 March 2009

Views east of the reclamation


It's great to get views that would only have been possible from a boat a decade ago...

.. from Green Island on the right...





.. left along Greve d'Azette to Havre des Pas.







Close ups now...
Le Dicq area, easily recognised 3 points of the roof of the Hotel de Normandy, Longueville beyond...





.. right a bit... Greve d'Azette
(I still wonder why this area alone has been allowed to be High Rise Row?)






More of Greve d'Azette before the Grande Charriere slip, Grouville Hill beyond.







Lighthouse and Les Marais.






Green Island and Icho round tower.

I bet that cat down there has plenty of rats to prey upon :)

Thursday, 19 June 2008

From the top of Les Marais - east

No politics today (that's not the main point of this blog anyway)... just views from the top floor of one of the four blocks of flats at Les Marais... in case you've ever wondered...




Down to the beach.






.. left a bit, new housing aplenty...








- with Green Island -





... left again, see the tiny blob of Icho Tower?








... I love this camera!








Left again to Le Hocq...






.. and with France in the distance, the lighthouse at Mt Ube...







.. one of a pair from 1896, the other being somewhat closer by.











Le Hocq, with Pontac and the La Rocque corner behind...







.. closer...








.. and again... that'll do.







Another tower, a bit further away - Seymour.






Final landmark for today, the Nicolle Tower higher up Mt. Ube.