Showing posts with label Golf. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Golf. Show all posts

Tuesday, 4 May 2010

Royal Jersey Golf Course, Grouville


It's a great bay we have along the east coast of the island, no wonder it earned itself the "Royal" tag...






.. somehow it's never my first choice for a beach walk but when I do go there it never fails to impress. The whole "it's east facing, the sun's the wrong way" thing really isn't a problem.



It's a place where, rarely, the much older fortifications (towers, forts, castle) seem to outnumber the German ones - even the anti-tank wall isn't overbearingly large - and there's even a section where dunes still merge with the beach without a wall - very rare indeed over here!




All in all it's a great place for a Golf Course...







.. with one the best backdrops of any in the world...







.. I would imagine.





Feel free to post comments about any better courses :)








Anyone know the history of this little structure?







View down to La Rocque at the South East corner.






For a moment you can imagine a Sark-like absence of tarmac and cars.







Fort Henry






.. from the 1700s I believe.

Monday, 29 June 2009

Swapping Partners

Swapping one "Partners" restaurant for another, that is! The old one is about to face demolition for.... have a guess.... more housing!



The old... (on the map)...







.. with the new one behind, left.








Current entrance...







.. and interior.







The new building, from the lane...







.. and on the way back from the car park.







Should be nice to eat there with...







.. a good view of the greens and fairways...







.. as people clobber their little balls.