Guernsey - Day 6

OH isn't feeling at all great so I suggested he stay back at the apartment while I explored the island by bus.  As long as not too much walking he will tag along he said.  So I again reshuffled the itinery for the next two days.

Today we left a little later - on the 8.45 a.m. bus to the Village first so that we could buy some cough mixture.

Look we have some mist this morning. 

It soon brightened up and so we caught the No.11 bus to St Peters Port, where we caught No. 21 heading for the Oaklands Village. 

Many many years ago........  OK I read all the history about this place, but my memory is like a sieve. No sooner in, it is out again.  What I do remember is Oatlands Village although inland now was in fact on the waters edge.  Guernsey in that good old days was split in two and somehow the land was reclaimed which filled the gap between the two. 

It is all written on notice boards throughout the Oatlands Village complex. Oatlands is not as big as I imagined, but full of history anyway.  Here are the remaining brick kilns. Very interesting piece of history on this.

 This building with the porch is the loos.  I have to say that loos in Guernsey are kept clean all the time.  I was very impressed.

There is mini golf here, but I did not have a go.  And some great gift shops.  It was a little chilly on this day, and there was hardly anyone about.  A shame as it is a great place to visit.

 In the car park we came across this great bus, a great item for a wedding. 

We just love old buses, any classic vehicles really. An end to an era, its ashame, but great there are still loads of enthusiasts - young and old.

Right we have 20 mins to wait for the next bus.  We both perch ourselves on two granite boulders which is the bus stop.

Along comes the No. 21 for us to complete the journey and return to the town.

 

 We skim around another bay heading for the town centre.  Either Les Vardes or L'Islet.

And another view of the sea.

 As we came to St Peters Port, I spotted a cruise liner anchored a way out.

It is misty out at sea today, so zoomed in a little to catch another photo.

Our next trip from the town terminus was the No. 41 to take us via Saumarez Park. 

We asked the bus driver to drop us off at the nearest point. Here she gave us directions on where to find the Park.

The path led to an area of well managed lawns and flower beds. 

Further along we found a gate to the Victorian Garden which is run by Volunteers.  Inside the gateway was a wheel barrow with free veg.

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Lots of strange shapes.  Unfortunately we only had one more day to go and could not possibly fit one of these into our suitcase!

Look at these whopping pumpkins, don't they look delicious.

Mine never grow like this.  I wonder what the Victorians used for compost?

The Folk Museum.  I would have been interested if we had the time. 

We then wandered back towards the bus stop and caught the next 41/42 to complete the journey back to the town terminus.

From there we caught the No. 11 bus back to the Apartment for a cup of tea and a piece of cake.

We still had some time left so we walked to Sauzmarez Manor, visited the grounds.  There was also a subtropical garden but we did not go in.  It was an interesting walk around to see some of the pieces in a sculpture exhibition. 

Also visited the Coppersmiths shop, very interesting man to talk to and he showed us some of the pieces he was working on.  Fantastic!


And so back to the apartment and another day gone.  Early to bed and early to rise.