Jersey Walk Day 1

Day 1 - Rozel to Bay - 6 Miles

I got up at about 7 am this morning and Steve was getting up at the same time. While everyone else got up, we went for a walk down to the coast. It was a pleasant stroll and we made it to the headland with an ancient burial chamber on it. (Dolmen du Couperon). We wandered back after that and people were getting up . The plan then was to walk down to Rozel Harbour to have a bacon roll for breakfast at the Hungry Man Café that we’d spied the day before on the harbour wall. It was all rather pleasant sitting there admiring the view, although Karen was being moody and snappy! Our breakfast eaten, we set off up hill on the Mont de Rozel road, to join a track at the top and then when we reached a car park we joined the cliff path proper. The rocks were pretty with their yellow lichen at the top and black tide marks below set against the wonderful blue of the sea.
The pretty harbour of Rozel on the walk down the road from the campsite.	The tide is out leaving fishing boats high and dry behind the harbour wall.
We join the official north coastal footpath.	Karen and David and the cliffs ahead of us for the rest of the day
Beautiful blue sea, grey and black rocks with yellow lichen.	The way ahead and Bouley Bay nestling in the bay in the distance.
Hot hot hot and time for a rest!	Beautiful, and not too undulating cliff path for this morning.
Steve and Iva with a beautiful backdrop!	Looking back the way we'd walked as we near Bouley Bay.
Approaching Bouley Bay, the cliff path gently descends.	A wonderful and inviting steeply shelving and rocky inlet.
The path was fairly flat compared to what I am used ot of late on my South West Coast Way long distance walk. We eventually got to Bouley Bay, which looked very pleasant as we approached it, with quite a steeply shelving pebble beach, with lovely clear blue water. We went for a drink and a snack on The Deck, a sun terrace outside the big hotel, which we’d spied on the walk in. I had a scallop and bacon salad which was nice but not as good as the previous evening’s in our local pub!
The beautiful pebbly beach and cold water at Bouley Bay!	We decided to go down to the beach for a while, and all ended up going for a swim, which was very cold, but not tooooo bad when you got used to it. I actually DID swim as well, rather than just stand or float as I usually do when in the sea. I was the first in too.. load of pufters I seemed to be on holiday with, which is sort of ironic!:) After an hour or so, we set off on our walk again. A steep climb out of Bouley Bay and away from the sea for a while which made a pleasant change. This section of the path to Bonne Nuit Bay, was more up and down than the morning’s walk, but was prettier than it had looked from the other side of the bay, on our walk this morning.
We leave Bouley Bay, steeply zig zagging through the gorse.	A lovely fox glove at the top.
At the top we can see pretty much all of today's route so far by looking back.
	We rounded the last headland (Belle Hougue Point) and we got our last new vista for the day… Bonne Nuit Bay and harbour below a TV mast in the distance and nearer, a pleasant looking pebble beach in Giffard Bay. We arrived at the bus stop above Bonne Nuit Harbour five minutes AFTER the bus had gone.. typical!!! We walked down to the harbour to wait for the next one. We sat outside the café, which had just closed too, but luckily the shop was still open so I had a honeycomb ice cream and a ginger beer. Left: A pretty jutting rock beyond Bouley Bay
And a lovely inaccessible sheltered beach.	A welcome and rare bit of shade from the blistering sun.
The last headland for the day ( Belle Hougue Point)	Bonne Nuit Harbour at last, nestling below the TV mast on the headland.
The low level approach to Giffard Bay	Looking down on the pebble beach of Giffard Bay
Steve doing strange things on the small headland between Giffard and Bonne Nuit bays???	Final approach to Bonne Nuit Harbour.
The beach behind the harbour wall at last! As we wait for the next bus back to St Helier.
We managed to get the next bus and it was about 40 minutes to St.Helier. Yup it IS a dump. We trudged around looking for somewhere to eat and eventually found an italian in a square where we could sit outside. This turned out to be not such a good idea when the sun went in because it was quite breezy and Steve and David were especially cold having caught the sun and David hadn’t even bought any extra clothes to put on. I had garlic king prawns to start followed by tagliatelle with cream and onion. Very nice!. We caught the number 3 bus back to the campsite. A nice day’s walking all in all, but there is still a long way to go, so I’d better not be quite so dawdly in future!!!