Circumnavigating the UK - Day 10- Guernsey St Peter's Port

It struck me back in January writing my South Africa posts, that I never did finish my series on my cruise circumnavigating the UK. I did consider leaving it but since I had already put the photos into a blog post, that I would like to be able to read this in the future.

So forgive me for this being 7 months late...

We arrived at Guernsey and it was an anchorage so we had to sign up for tenders (boats) to the port.

Mum and I headed out fairly early but not amongst the first most eager beavers and found ourselves on land.  We didn't have any particular plan in mind, just decided to have a little explore and see what we could find.

I dressed suitably nautically in a Navy sailor top and striped skirt.

Although these photos don't look particularly bright, it was a warm and sunny day.

The marina was full of all sorts of sea-vessels.

Mum and I were both glad of our hats.

We decided to walk right away from the marina and explore in hope that we might find a beach to paddle on.  There seemed to be a sort of area with a lido created with the sea. It looked a bit deserted and none-too-salubrious but later when the sun really hotted up, we  saw children jumping in having lots of fun.

As we walked along, very soon, we came to signs for an Aquarium.  As a bit of respite from the sun, we opted to head in.

It was nice to see the different creatures within the Aquarium though it wasn't the most exciting place ever.

It is remarkably hard to photograph fish in that sort of lighting. These are the best of a rather shoddy lot.

This rather rotund fellow had really attractive sparkly scales which I wish I could have captured better.

These clown-fish are just so cartoonish, aren't they!!! Not surprised Nemo became one of those.

Not sure what this little fellow was, but he sure has an impressive set of whiskers!

This lizard was so still.  He turned his eye to look at me once but then just sat there as still as can be.

So many lizards..

After that, we headed to the kiosk nearby to buy some ice-creams and went and sat down by the cove.It was very stony and not really paddleable as there were lots of treacherous rocks, it is a pity.

At this point, I decided to hunt for seaglass and shells and created this arrangement.  Mum also looked for shells. We are always so content beachcombing. I could have done this for much longer.

I debated leaving it for passers-by as an art-gift but decided I liked my finds too much.  Sooo.... Mum and I decided to do a 5-minute beach collage to leave.

Mum made this delightful mermaid. I loved how she found flesh-coloured stones for her skin and seaweed for her hair.

I made a simple heart.

And then we left them for the public.

You can see that natural seawater lagoon I talked about earlier.

After this, we began a walk along the cliffs but Mum was rather tired so we headed into the town and found somewhere for milkshakes.  After this, we tried to find a paddling beach but it seemed we would have to walk for miles so she walked back to the boat and I mooched around for a bit in town.

Eventually, I joined Mum back on the boat and we went in the pool and jacuzzi on board. I had a great laugh chatting with a few people in there!  Lots of people were encouraged to come to the pool by our raucous laughing.

In some ways,  I wish we'd caught a bus to one of the glorious sandy beaches I heard tell of but our adventures were pleasant as they were.

That evening, we had a Gala dinner. I'll tell you more about that soon.

I'd like to visit Guernsey again.

Have you visited Guernsey?

xx