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 :)

Around the Chateau

Some shots taken recently around the old 'Chateau Plaisir' on the 5 mile road. As usual, leaving a comment (it's not difficult) is the best way to show me I'm not wasting my time :)

 Not getting a lot of use any more.

 A new kiosk this year, good luck to them.

 On the south side, I always assumed the 'Bars Open' sign was a relic but was surprised to find that it is indeed a functioning watering hole (or until they bulldoze the lot and built luxury houses here - as planned).

 Bit misty that day.

 We get a higher class of weeds in Jersey :)

 I've seen a couple of these spotty fellas year, no idea what they are.

 Beach, anyone?

 Nobody staying at the Barge on a nice day, what a waste.

 Might as well record this view before it goes...

 .. closer.

 Old war stuff.

 Probably one of the most exotic locations for a phone box in the British Isles.

 Looking towards L'Etacq.

 .. closer.

 .. and the other way, with La Rocco Tower in the distance.

 Looking up at Lewis Tower...

 .. a more conventional perspective.

 Straight road.

 That's all for now.

I'm not completely happy with Blogspot's changes to how I do all this. It's easier to upload photos, but I don't like the viewing gadget rather than simple links to the photos. It's a pain to resize them and left justify them one by one, even though the Div tags now solves the problem of vertical spacing which used to make my blog pages messy.

And it's a right old pain to re-order the pics, and keep the text on the right, sometime I just have to dig into the HTML view and sort it out in the code in there, which is time consuming and ****ing annoying!

So don't be surprised if I leave it a while now... I'm busy with other interests at the moment too :)

Have a great summer, if I go quiet for a bit!