St Peter Port; 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 of cycling round Sark.

However I didn't know and so at 7:45 I was standing on the Quay side at St Peter Port ready to board the milk boat to Sark. The first sailing of the day is at 8:30, but as it is very popular they have two boats do it. The first one leaves once its full so we set off by 8:10.

After arriving on the island you have the interesting prospect of climbing up the hill to the village that is located at the top, its about 500 feet but the climb takes less than 1/2 mile so you can imagine how steep it is.

After collecting and paying for the hire bike I set off to the south of the island and then proceeded to visit all other parts of the island, rapidly coming to the conclusion that there is not that much to see on Sark. There are no really beautiful bays or interesting beaches, just lots of ferns and gravel paths!

Still I managed to keep cycling up until it was time to drop the bike off and get the ferry back to St Peter Port.