Travel Blogs from St Peter Port, United Kingdom
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On the Island
I have always looked a little envious at people who get to go places with their jobs. I have been away once and that was only to the island of the inbred, or as some would call it, the Isle of Mann, and anyway, it must be the island of the inbred as ...
Channel Islands Day Trip
March 31 Early early wake up to catch our ferries by 7am we left with the Condor ferries for a 2h sail to St-Peter-Port in Guernsey in a quite grey weather. Once arrived we saw a strange city built on a hill in the cloud mist. It was also pretty ...
Not yet a sea leg
... nice and greatly welcome to not have to do the complete sailing. We simply step back on the ship later on when it came back from St-Malo. But on the way back I was slightly deadbeat and dead for a while so I sat and did nothing. Luckely I got a second ...
Ferry to Guernsey, Dinner w/ TV Star & New Friends
... 't stand the chill with the wind. Which is impressive because I have the skin of a polar bear. We made it to St. Peter's Port in Guernsey just fine and walked to the Sunnycroft Hotel. When I read off the address, 5 Constitution Steps, I was ...
Tough at the Top
In the afternoon after the Lunch in town, the girl's took on the might of Guernsey at Beau Sejour Leisure Centre. The B Team towered above the diminutive U12 side and used their height advantage to good effect as they ran out convincing winners. The A ...
Two Wins! & Home
The last day on the Island, and last chance for glory! Two bruised and battled Churcher's sides to take on the might of Guernsey........they did it! The Churcheroo's winning once again in convincing style 4-0 with two a piece from Brice & Golding and ...
Churcher's Arrive!
Arriving at Southampton airport in plenty of time we moved like a well oiled machine through check in and were feeling pretty good until three boys were aprehended by security for liquids in the hand luggage, mentioning no names..... Ben Kelson, Felix ...
Let the Games Begin!
... of highly entertaining games just came up short, so close but so far! The Netball A team who were demolished by St John’s Leatherhead last week played their socks off against the Grammar School, and it was so close that the girls ...
Days off in the Channel take me to visit donkeys!
After doing a week of night shift I had a lovely 7 days of freedom. And since I'm living in the channel islands I decided it was time to visit another one fo those islands. So Guernsey it was. It took a while to find a hotel that wasn't booked out for a ...
How we did NOT occupy Guernsey!
We sailed hard and fast all night to arrive in St.Peter Port, Guernsey– which is closer to France than to England but is not technically a part of The Bloody French! It's a tender port which means waiting in line for a ticket which lets you wait in ...
St Peter Port
... find that the wind blast on the open deck of the stern of a fast-cat can literally take your breath away when mid-channel. St Peter Port, the capital town of the Isle of Guernsey was reached a shade over two hours later. It was also very out of season ...
Cherbourg to St Peter Port
All five boats depart around midday for St Peter Port. The departure was timed to coincide with the most benign conditions at Cap de la Hague and the Alderney Race. We managed a brief sail before it was apparent we needed to make better progress. Terry ...
Last Goodbye's
So the 1st of January was my last night in Guernsey for 3 months, New Years eve was amazing, really good night and was good to see everyone before I left. On the 1st just had some good friends over to mine for the last night, all good fun, plus OJ ...
Hadn't I Had Enough of Castles and Forts Yet??
... . Hmmm, there were lots more plants than that. I just heard and saw some people cooking here at the guest house St George's. A man with a plate of food just disappeared through the patio into a back door of the building. He was speaking ...
Raising Money
TOTAL COLLECTED £318.38 TOTAL CASH IN HAND £18.50, $431.00 Cash converted 22nd July - £153.79 at 1.463 = $225.00 11th June - £42.96 at 1.42 = $61.00 10th June - £103.13 at 1.406 = $145.00 Hall of fame (Those who have donated). Thank you so much to ...
Guernsey
The Channel Islands are situated in the English Channel of the NW coast of France. Guernsey is 30 miles from the coast of France and 80 miles from England. It is 25 sq iles in aea (65sq km) with a population of around 65,000. As it is a tax ...
A visit to the Channel Islands
Day 15 – St Peter Port, Guernsey Our day and a half at sea between Lisbon and St Peter Port passed without anything significant to report. The seas were relatively calm despite being in the open Atlantic, but the weather on the morning of day 15 ...
Guernsey
... left on June 22, the Germans arrived on June 28. They mowed down innocent tomatoe farmers while they waited at the port to off load their crops. The Germans were generally kind, however, took whatever they wanted and starved along with the Guernseys ...
Northern Coastal Walk
... Crown Dependency and not a part of the UK or EU.) A little after 12 noon, I got off the bus in downtown St Peter Port. I wasn't starved - especially after having a large breakfast and eating lunch very late for the past few days, but I did see that ...
I'd heard of a Bailiwick & now i've been to one
... some of the various villages around and the very narrow roads flanked with the ivy covered stone walls. Afterwards we walked through St Peter Port to buy some cards and see some of the local area and English goods. Alex, if you are reading this, I ...
865 More Steps--Who's Counting- and Major Foul-up
... moving, but when I started quasi-running after it, it stopped and I got on. A very short ride and I was back at the St Peter Point city center bus stop, walked back to the B&B, re-shuffled my bag contents a bit, and walked - or what ...
About to go home
Waiting for the ferry home now. I am sitting on the ground in a car park, back resting against some railings, and bum rapidly getting cold. I can see a police van here. It is the first police vehicle I have seen on Guernsey, which after travelling round ...
Long Travel Day-4 Train Stations and Channel Ferry
... had to pick up my backpack on the luggage carousel. There was a customs line but no one manning it. I got directions to St George Esplanade and started walking there. It was a bit farther than I wanted to walk but I made it. I got ...
Sitting by the harbour
I finished my loop of the island about an hour ago. I locked up my bike and went for a short walk around the town. It is much the same as any other town centre – the normal high street shops. There are a few others that you don’t see in ...
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