Day 3 - L'Etacq to St Brelade's Bay - 10 Miles
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| We got up and caught the 9.35am bus from near the campsite into town. When we got there, we only had 15 minutes until the next 12a left the bus station and so we rushed off to Boots and back to get another cheap meal deal lunch. We made it back just in time. We arrived back at smelly L’Etacq at 11am and set off walkign straight away. Although the end of the huge sweep of beach was in site, we expected the whole walk along it to take much longer than it looked. We stopped at a café about half way along the bay and I had a bottle of beer and a can of ginger beer sitting in the shade. I was trying to have a break from the sun as much as possible today. I was wearing a scarf of Iva’s over my head and down my neck and also wearing my long sleeved, lightweight top and also lightweight trousers instead of shorts for a change!!! Blimey it MUST be hot for ME to be covering up!!!
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Iva sets off from the pongy northern
tip of St Ouen's bay
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Sand and rocks for a looooonnnng way today! A pleasant change from cliffs though!!
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A mini rock pool.
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Large scale ripples.. about a foot
across.
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Lovely sand, blue and green sea, calm as a mill pond.
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| We set off from the café and made it to the end of St Ouens Bay in really quick time, climbing up the steps at the end of the beach by the toilets, at about 1.10pm!!! Marvellous!!! We rejoined the cliff path after briefly walking along the road. At the point of L’Oeillere, at a german bunker, Steve and Iva stopped for lunch and I went onto the rocks at the end to get changed into my shorts and eat a muffin that I’d bought at the café earlier, having already eaten my sarnies there.
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View ahead from the ramp down from the cafe.
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Arab steve.
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Castle and defence against the french with Corbiere Lighthouse behind.
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The amazing levitating Iva.. pregnancy seems to be making her lighter!! Hold on Steve!
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A few little wavelets at the southern
end of the beach.
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Nearing the end of the sweep of St Ouen's Bay.
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Looking all the way back from the
low headland at the end of St Ouens. |
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a coastal path to the slipway at Petit Port and then up the track down
to the bay and onto the main road turning right to go around the headland
to Corbiere Point with its lighthouse, and just around the headland
another german observation tower – now used as a radio station. |
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The tide well out
as we look across from the German bunker at |
Approaching the lighthouse on the road.
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hehe.. a handy mirror to prove I really was there:) The hot trio still smiling! Right: Lovely flowers..
pink bright and plastic looking.. all over the island. |
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Corbiere Lighthouse. |
The Radio station occupying an old german observation tower.
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Beautiful.. the causway exposed at low tide....
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| We got a bit lost at this point, following unofficial footpaths around the coast, but we found a wonderful little bay, unmarked on the map by doing so. We got even MORE lost after this point, ending up wandering around a stone quarry and down its train track down the cliff for a short while and then behind peoples’ gardens along the cliff edge in a very cross country fashion. We ended up in a network of paths through gorse – OUCH – around the prison. These seemed to bear no resemblance to anything on the map!!! Hey Ho!! At last we rejoined the ‘official’ coast path at Fiquet Bay. It was very beautiful. The rocks around here being really orange and set off beautifully against the turquoise and blue of the sea. Iva was especially tired at this point, but I was not far behind her I have to say!!! I had half planned to get all the way around to St Aubin today, but sort of gave up on THAT idea at this point!!!
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Iva and the beautiful unnamed bay down here.. very tempting!!
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Steve and Iva playing catch up as we get lost!
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Looking back.. the square being
the end of the quarry railway.
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The rocks round this south west
corner
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The headland the other side of St Brelade's Bay comes into view when we eventually find our way around the prison and rejoin the coast path!
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Lovely pink rocks and blue clear waters still.
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When we arrived above the beautiful little bay of Beauport we decided to go down to it for a relax and a swim maybe!! In reality, the water was really cold, but I ended up going for a wander in the water up to my chest and then around the rocks, which barefoot resulted in me having quite sore feet. It was lovely though!!
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The beautiful bay of Beauport!
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Wonderful rocks again! |
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And again as we descend for a cooling break!
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The beautiful sweep of St Brelade's sands before our descent to them.
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| When I wandered back to Steve and Iva, we got dressed again and set off for St Brelade’s Bay. By the time we arrived there – walking in by the beautiful old church – I was pretty much shattered. We went for a drink at the bar we’d visited briefly the other day with Karen and David and then decided on a Pizza Express tea before catching the 8.11pm bus back to St Helier. I was sooo worn out by the
time we got back to Rozel, I went straight to bed. |
The graveyard of the ancient Fisherman's Chapel in St Brelade's |
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