So close but so different - Guernsey is town-and-country, Sark is a private fief, Herm feels like beach holidays and
Alderney - a bit "Faeroes".
It was foggy and cloudy in Guernsey (apparently all day) - so our take off was delayed - just a few miles away it was sunny on Alderney (definitely all day)
I flew with
Aurigny with is Alderney in the local language...
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| The 'co-pilot' works for the airline as a despatcher - but has never been to Alderney |
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| The doors are so flimsy I think in a panic I could kick my way through |
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| CO-detector - I remember the pilot talking about this during my first ever flight (Lydd Airport) - "If that goes black then we are dead" - reassuring I'm sure. |
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| Sunny over the island |
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They seek him here they seek him there, is he in heaven or is he in hell - that damned elusive...
Anagallis Arvensis |
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| Monday lunchtime during the school hols - and the teenage beauties are engaged in making one cafe latte last as long as possible. |
This cafe seems to be the entertainment and social centre for the island's female youth - perfectly placed half way round my perimeter walk - I can't remember what I had for lunch but the big mug of tea was most welcome.
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| This is where the male youth spend their free time - and blasting round the lanes on noisy scooters |
There is a stunning amount of traffic on Alderney - considering that you can walk anywhere at all from the centre in about 20 minutes.
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| View of over to France - there is an oil refinery/chemical works - hence the brown smudge |
When on Alderney be careful which service your phone connects to - its perfectly possible to get a signal from/to France
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| View out of a German Bunker/Observation Point - part of the Atlantic Wall |
There is still lots of (mostly concrete) evidence of the occupation on Alderney - mostly now used for
Bunker Parties
I am sure I took some more photos - in the end I did not have time to get to the East end of the island.
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| Its a dinky little airport - and between flights - very quiet |
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| I had a nice meal and a cup of tea (with Mr and Mrs Security) - when the plane landed it all went secure, the passengers were processed and boarding took about 3 minutes |
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| No such a good seat this time |
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| Main runway |
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| Oops - still cloudy over Guernsey |
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| So we went round and round in circles for a while - that is Herm below |
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| Nice Plane! This one took me to Jersey |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alderney
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