Out West in the morning sun

If you only venture out west on a Sunday drive in the afternoon, you probably seldom see these landmarks sunlit from the other direction. The Barge Aground.

Lewis Tower

The little white house at Le Don Hilton.

El Tico, with its bunker half buried in the car park...

.. here's another one. They don't seem to get much love, these ones - not having had Big Guns and without great coastal views they are a bit neglected.

Tower and Lighthouse.

Down the road past Kempt Tower.

La Rocco Tower when it's not a silhouette.

I've been meaning to show how Le Braye Cafe has changed in recent years, here it is at last...

... closer. Not just a terrace and serving hatch any more - and also a bit different since the Streetview shot from 2010.

La Rocco Tower on its reef, L'Etacq beyond on the right with the pinnacle rock, and beyond that, Sark and its Les Burons rocks to the east.

Bunker at La Carriere near La Pulente, with St.Ouen's Bay as a backdrop.

Bunker at Resistance Nest L'Oeillere.

La Corbiere...

.. and right a bit, from another place on another day. Looks like a big rock has fallen away on the right, leaving bare earth exposed.

Closer. How many people park there and don't realise that they're on top of a bunker?

Val de la Mare reservoir from Mont Rossignol. You can't drive along the tracks here any more, but there's a swing-gate entrance for considerate walkers.

After recent storms and heavy rain, the square fort's car park is now more of a model boating lake :)

Misc - including Distant Views

We begin today's magical mystery tour with a look at the Zoo and how the planters in the carpark have been removed and hoarding is about to go up for a new cafe and visitor centre.





A clear day and a view of St.Peter Port on The Other Island...




.. and Sark - where I've never been, yet. Is that one of those harbours with the archway in the rock?





People still enjoy the Ronez Loop Road - karters SHARE this land PLEASE!






Looking left to Sorel Light... and the different colour patches on the sea from clouds casting shadows.





A French ferry passes by the North East of the island, wit Les Ecrehos and France in the distance...





.. again.






Sporting action at Sorel...







.. I'm more of an landscape photog than an action one :)






The Fremont Point mast, being readied for the onslaught of Digital. See that speck up there? ....







.. that's these lucky guys! I'd love to see the view from up there!



Down South now, and a small bit of France visible in the distance from Noirmont on a clear day. I think it's the Frehel/Plevenon area, some 34.5 miles away (map) if my bearings are correct :)



Looking over towards town. and it all looks very green with the gardens at South Hill and Grouville Hill - the urban sprawl of Georgetown and Longueville hidden away in between.



From a distance Victoria College sits amongst the hospital, the Grand, Cyril Le Marquand House and West Park.





More of The Waterfront takes shape.





These old West Park toilets are usually closed, so when I found myself alone in here after the air display, I couldn't resist a quick snap. They don't make them like this any more!





The old road surface of the Esplanade has been uncovered recently, due to building works nearby. I used to drive along here... ah the nostalgia :)





.. to the right, and those metal men have been removed after vandalism.






Connex have a big new white bus...







.. it is rather long.





Finally, some dusk shots from South Hill playground carpark...

Sea fog

Friday evening - there was a bank of fog in the distance up north...







.. distant shores visible, nearby sea visible...







.. but a great big fluffy fog in the middle.

Here's the east end of Sark.





.. the westerly end from our viewpoint, and the smaller Jethou island.






That'll be Guernsey.







Towards Normandy...







.. closer...








.. closer yet, the wind turbines in the distance.







Fremont mast in the sunset.








Sark and Jethou again.







.. as things get orangey-pink with the setting sun







.. the fog shifts a little...







.. and more of the islands appear again.






You could be stuck in that on a boat, hemmed in, and think that all of the islands region is fogged too... totally unaware that it's just a relatively small effect :)







I had to leave before the sunset, but I was happy with what I'd seen.