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Guernsey
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The only advantage of getting an early flight out is that you do get a large part of the day to do exploring. With the 9:40 flight touching down on-time and getting to the hotel a little after 11am, I had a full afternoon to start exploring Guernsey. Firs
d01902 Friday, 08 August, 2003
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Saturday, 09 August, 2003 It's a Saturday so it must be another chance to stupidly expend vast amounts of energy. Had I known that today was going to be the hottest day on the islands ever, and that there would be no wind, not even a sea breeze, I might have reconsidered the idea
Sunday, 10 August, 2003
First stop of the morning was Castle Cornet. The site is quite large and has 4 museums housed in various parts that look at different aspects of the military. At 11am one of the guides runs a tour round the whole of the site that ends up back at the noon d01905
Monday was a much more sedate day. Getting the 10:30 sailing from St Peter Port to Herm. The crossing takes about 20 minutes and once there Herm is a beautiful island.
d03201 Friday, 13 August, 2004
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Monday, 16 August, 2004 After landing and catching a bus quickly into town I realised I was having a race with the weather which was closing in very quickly. In the end, after hiking up the side of a big hill I got to the hotel just a few seconds before an absolutely spectacular
Tuesday, 17 August, 2004
Plan for Tuesday: Sandals, Beach Towel, Suntan Cream, Book, Ferry ticket to Herm, Relax d03204
First stop for the morning was Fort Richmond, which looks quite similar to many of the forts on Alderney. Like most of the forts in Alderney it is not open to the public and in a state of decay! Nearby is more evidence of the length of time that humans ha
d03205 Thursday, 19 August, 2004
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