We caught the bus to Corbiere Point, the southwest tip of the island, which has had a lighthouse since 1874.
From Corbiere Point we walked almost right up the west coast of the island, on a mixture of paved path, concrete wall and cliff path. It was generally flat, along the beachfront, so walking was not too strenuous.
Along the way I spied some Jersey steers so had to get a photo to compare with the Guernsey cow - The Jersey is brown and the Guernsey is brown and white.
The west coast is one long surf beach, and although we saw several lifesavers, we saw only one surfer, and he never got up on his board. The west coast is not without rocks, and has been the scene of at least 7 ship wrecks in the past 200 years.
We walked as far as Jersey Pearl, a very fancy pearl showroom, with an excellent cafe, which was a very welcome sight after our walk. There was also an excellent clump of blackberry bushes nearby, with ripe berries, through not nearly as big as we get on Vancouver Island. Randy and I almost had an ice cream, but had to forego the pleasure as the bus arrived.
We had a plan, and the plan was good - ride the bus back to Red Houses, and then walk on an inland path back to St. Aubin's Bay. We could have got off the bus a block or two before Red Houses, but I thought that one more stop would be better. It turned out that the next stop was at the bottom of a long and windy hill road, in St. Brelade's Bay, and we could not bring ourselves to walk back up the road to Red Houses, so we made another plan - walk from St. Brelade's Bay to St. Aubin's Bay. This involved a beach crossing before climbing the hill between the two bays, with a short break to get the ice cream that we missed earlier.
At the top of the hill, we saw a footpath heading off into the woods and decided to follow it. The path took us to Noirmont Point, scene of very large German WWII fortifications, and we met some very friendly local people along the way. From the fortifications we had great views over to St. Helier.
From Noirmont Point we walked back through the woods to the road, down into St. Aubin's Bay, and eventually back to our B&B, for some much needed rest.
This evening we walked back into St. Aubin for dinner, at the Boat House restaurant, which was right on the harbour wall, looking out over all the boats in the harbour. A very enjoyable meal in a great location.
Overall another busy day, in which we walked 19 Km and climbed 57 flights of stairs (statistics courtesy of my faithfull FitBit).
Tomorrow we have an early start for Exeter, with a plan to catch the bus at 7:06 am, and a flight at 8:55 am, but our plans have a habit of changing.
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