home | attractions | background & details | diary | gallery | links | map | see also Germany Diary I had a half days leave, so after finishing work at lunchtime I packed my bag and headed over to Heathrow in the comfort of a mid-afternoon rather than rush-hour journey… d52702 Friday, 24 July, 2026 d52703 Saturday, 25 July, 2026 I had a relatively early start to grab breakfast whilst it was quiet and so I could take in more of the island before the arrival of the day-trippers around 13:00… Sunday, 26 July, 2026 Another early breakfast, though on this occasion mostly because checkout time from the room was 10:30… d52705 The timing of the ferry from Helgoland always meant it wouldn’t be possible to get a flight back on the Sunday evening… Last Five Country Select