Our Big Adventure

DAY TRIP TO HERM

Before we leave Guernsey we decide to take a day trip to Herm, the smallest of the Channel Islands, just 2 ½ km long and 1 km wide and lying just 5 km. and a pleasant 20 min ferry ride from St Peter Port harbour. Cars and even bicycles are banned on Herm, although locals are able to get around the island on tractors and quad bikes during the week, so the pace of life is slow here. There is of course a pub, The Mermaid, where the entire island seemed to be the day we spent on Herm. A gift shop where Brian got back at me, and some of the funny hat/helmet/kilt shots I have posted for your enjoyment. (Check out our pics). A gracious hotel, The White House, where there are no telephones, televisions or even clocks, and some lovely self-catering cottages are available for holiday makers. The beaches are uncrowded and the water surprisingly warm (so they told us) and clean. Lovely Guernsey cows graze on the hillside and it is a bird watchers paradise with many migratory birds resting here. It would probably be too small for us to think about spending a long time here, but for a day trip it was ideal.

posted by Brian and Julie @ 1:58:00 AM