On the move again - but first, a recap of Jersey
Idril is once again on the move. I'll try to catch up on where we've been, but it will take several posts, rather than one big one. I'll start with Jersey.
As noted earlier, we left Cherbourg midday on April 2nd - the day our already-extended-once residence permits expired. We timed our departure for a fair current through the Alderney Race and arrived at St. Helier, on the channel island of Jersey, shortly before dusk.
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| The sill at the entrance to St. Helier Marina |
While in quarantine we were visited (at a distance, of course..) by David and Angie Jeffs, fellow members of the Ocean Cruising Club, who noticed our OCC flying fish burgee on our port spreader. Their apartment overlooks the St. Helier marina, so they have a great view of all the comings and goings of the port. Once we were declared COVID-free they served as our personal guides and trip advisors to Jersey. They took us around the island in their car (along with their cat, Dimanche, who walks on a leash). Some of the sights:
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| Noirmont Point |
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La Corbière |
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| Faldouet Dolmen |
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| Dimanche at our lunch stop |
David and Angie also served as local pilots for a day trip in Idril around the entire island. The tides in Jersey are such that you can leave the St. Helier marina and turn east, sailing counter-clockwise around the island with a fair current for almost the entire trip. We had light winds and sunny skies, and got to see the whole coastline from the water.
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| Our route around Jersey |
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| Aboard Idril |
Angie and David have two boats of their own -- a 60 foot barge on which they cruise the rivers and canals of Europe, and a 28 foot Westerly "bilge keel" boat named Breton Girl for sailing around Jersey and coastal France. They took us for a lovely day sail aboard Breton Girl.
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| Prepping Breton Girl for sea |
While in Jersey we also got our first doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine. Yea!
We did a lot of walking, especially along the rugged northern coast. There is excellent bus service throughout the island, so we could take a bus to the start of a walk and back from the end.
We also did a bunch of bike riding, sometimes as a way to get to walks that were not so easily reached by bus. Some of the sights were quite whimsical.
On May Day morning we said farewell to Jersey and sailed overnight across the English Channel to Salcombe. But that's a story for another post.
For more pictures, visit:
- Jersey - the beginning
- Angie and David take us around Jersey (with Dimanche!)
- Sailing 'round Jersey with David and Angie
- Sailing Breton Girl
- Walking the north shore of Jersey
- St. John to Rozel
- Farewell, Jersey. Hello, Salcombe.
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