23 July 2011

Sark and a very strange place


I'm off to Sark - but not in the Barclay Brothers Navy

Brecqhou with Guernsey and Herm in the background
The palace on Brecqhou





A couple of days later I met the heath visitor/midwife for Brecqhou - its a very strange place indeed - shhh you don't know who's reading.


"They are connected by a narrow isthmus called La Coupée which is 300 feet (91 m) long and has a drop of 330 feet (100 m) on each side.[2] Protective railings were erected in 1900; before then, children would crawl across on their hands and knees to avoid being blown over the edge. There is a narrow concrete road covering the entirety of the isthmus, built in 1945 by German prisoners of war under the direction of the Royal Engineers."


There are no cars on Sark (as they keep on reminding you) but just before and after ferry time it becomes...

....Tractor Armageddon



A pack of tractor-trailers await overnighting (or unfit) tourists off the boat and then for 30 minutes charge all over the island dropping off luggage (and unfit tourists).


Nice Apples - "Windfall please help yourself"



It was island fete day for the school and the medical fund - there seems to be a sheep theme here


Methinks they have been sampling as well as selling

the very nice Pimms

It was a magic day on Sark - I am not going to get a better visit but you might
Yes - it is sheep racing

Llŷn Sheep - spirited but not at naughty as Cluns
The farmer tells me that the soil and climate in Sark are similar to the Llŷn and the sheep do very well.


That evening in the hotel I saw that I had made it on to Channel Islands TV

Time to go home


Brill - locally caught, Italian owner, Portuguese Waiter and Polish Chef - the Brill was Brill

It was a magic day on Sark - I am not going to get a better visit but you might

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