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                                                  Sunsets looking towards our sister Isle Guernsey from Jersey’s North Coast. What is the old saying? Red Sky at night Jersey’s delight because Guernsey is on fire.

      A joke honestly!

                                                              “Splash”

The incoming tide as it reached the boulders at the bottom of the sea wall in St.Ouen’s Bay.

Ouaisne Bay is on the south west corner of Jersey Channel Islands. It is in the same bay as St.Brelade’s Bay. It is separated only by a small outcrop of rocks. In the middle of the common above the seawall is a Martello Tower from the days of fighting with Napoleon and a cannon mounted from where i am taking the photo from. The Martello Tower is now a navigation mark for boats.On the common there lives the Agile Frog, it only lives in Jersey. Also on hot summer days you can see the Green Lizard sunning it’s self in the hot sun and in the evenings it can be found on top of the seawall getting the heat out of the concrete. The beach is safe and the water very clean. Good bass fishing in the winter but in the summer to much activity going on the water.

High Tide at St. Ouen’s Bay which is on the west coastline of Jersey. As the tide comes up it hits the sea wall and then rebounds into the next wave that is coming in, so you get a crush of the two waves that can reach up to 80 to 100 feet at times. The whole of the promenade shakes and a huge boom can be heard when the wave hits the wall. If the high tide coincidence with a high wind it really is worth seeing.

This is Portelet Bay one if the best bays in the Island. It sits on the south coast between Noirmont Point and Ouaisne Bay. There are alot of steps going down to the bay but it is worth it. On the island in the middle of the bay is Janvrin’s Tomb. The gorse flowers all year round but in summer it really shows you how lovely it is in the summer sun. The picture on the left was taken from the headland of Noirmont.

This is Green Island Beach which is on the south eastern coast of the Island. The little summer house gives it an oriental flavour i think. It is called Green Island because there is a very small island of earth and stone with prehistoric remains on it and the top of this island has grass growing on it. I shall put a photo up later on of the small island.

This is a photo of the waterfall inside one of the caves that are found on Plemont Beach on the north coast of the Island. It is a very clean beach because the tide covers it every tide and the waves are normal really good. Children love the beach because of the caves. Don’t forget to click on photo to enlarge.

This is “Bonne Nuit Harbour”  ( good night ) it is on the North Coast . On the west side is the Harbour and to the east is “La Crete Fort”. The boats that harbour here are mostly small fishing boats with other boats big enough to go across to France which you can see from the North coast of Jersey. La Crete Fort is one of the “Jersey Heritage” sites that you can stay in for a holiday. The two main places which people go to from Bonne Nuit in France are “Carteret” and “Portbail” and of course the “Ecrehous” lie between Jersey and France so they are visited on many occasions for a day out but having said that people go to France just for a day out. The French open markets are very good and interesting. There two other little harbours like Bonne Nuit going towards the east of the island around the coast which i shall be posting in the future. All along the North Coast is a footpath for ramblers with great views. In the photo below you can see La Crete Fort it is on the first piece of land that sticks out into the sea.