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Alexandra · Joined: 26 Sep 2006 Posts: 2548 Location: North Yorkshire

I have just come back from a long weekend in the Channel Islands, where I was staying with friends in Sark. If any of you get a chance to go it is well worth a visit. www.sark.info
A new bistro/coffee shop has very recently opened up in Sark. It is called 'La Petite Poule' (The Little Hen) and it is run by a fab lady called Kristina. All the food and the cakes are home-made and very good too! Very Happy

The prices were also very reasonable too - eg. a bowl of home-made soup £2.50. It is certainly worth a visit to Sark just to enjoy the excellent surroundings, food and company of this establishment and the clean toilets have Ecover handwash too! Very Happy

I was also pleased to see that there is now a small health food shop here, which has been open for a couple of years.
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dottyspots · Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 5:02 pm Post subject:

I'd really like to visit Sark, from what I've seen (on 'telly) it looks like a lovely island.
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Alexandra · Joined: 26 Sep 2006 Posts: 2548 Location: North Yorkshire

Yes, it is definitely worth a visit. The pace of life is very good for de-stressing and relaxing. Very Happy

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littlejerseybean · Joined: 18 Apr 2007 Posts: 1311

Oh, thank you for promoting the Channel Islands. Its surprising how many people don't know we even exist and when you mention where you are from they think you are from outer space (it could be the fact that we have two heads and a tail!!).
Sark is lovely, you certainly need to find a good place to eat after walking up the hill or did you take the lazy option and catch a ride on a tractor?
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Alexandra · Joined: 26 Sep 2006 Posts: 2548 Location: North Yorkshire

I never need an excuse to tell people about how fab the Channel Islands are Laughing

I can talk about them till the cows come home!!!

Having worked in Sark (1988) and not as fit as I would like to be Rolling Eyes

I caught the tractor or as it is often called 'The Toast Rack' because it looks like a tractor pulling a ... toast rack!!! The new cafe/bistro I mentioned earlier - 'La Petite Poule' is definitely worth trying if you go over for the day, it is the first business at the start of The Avenue. I know that there are now some boats going direct from St Helier to Sark a couple of times a week, I think it is probably only for the summer season and I am not sure of the price. Return between St Peter Port and Sark is £22 per adult.

Check out the link below which has info on Sark and shows a few minutes preview of Underwater Seas - the bit around Sark (click on the black box) and is definitely worth checking out. Undersea Sark
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ellievegie · Joined: 02 Feb 2007 Posts: 63

My Nan was from Guernsey and was evacuated in the war. I've visited before having children and went over to Sark for a great visit. Hired a tandem and did the length of the island. highly recommended.
We have decided our holiday next year will be a trip back with our children and are planning to do it public transport from derbyshire Very Happy

Can't wait!

Alexandra · Joined: 26 Sep 2006 Posts: 2548 Location: North Yorkshire

Hope you have a fab time are you going to stay in Guernsey or Sark?
Public transport is very easy to use in Guernsey, the buses are so cheap! Very Happy

And they all go back to the bus station, so if you get on the wrong one, it will not be long before you are back in town! Laughing

They cost a flat rate of 60p per journey and you can buy a 10 journey card (you can also buy larger journey numbers too) which makes each trip a bit cheaper still. You used to be able to travel free if you got back on the same no. bus within an hour of getting off it, but not sure if they still do this
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Alexandra · Joined: 26 Sep 2006 Posts: 2548 Location: North Yorkshire

Aerial view of Sark

The Avenue - almost in the rush hour!

Sark Post Office

(Post Boxes are blue in The Bailiwick of Guernsey)
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EJ · Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 6:07 pm Post subject:

OMG! Gorgeous, am very jealous Alexandra.
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Alexandra · Joined: 26 Sep 2006 Posts: 2548 Location: North Yorkshire

Baa ... Baa ... Baa ...
This last weekend was Sarks answer to Ascot ... Sheep Racing! One of these days I will be in the Island at the right time to watch this! Laughing

I am assured that those in the Tote tent did not try and fleece anyone or pull the wool over the punters eyes - ewe bet! I will stop bleating on ... but you can click here Laughing

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pauline · Joined: 31 May 2007 Posts: 6 Location: Bangor, N Ireland

Sark looks lovely - must try to visit some day.
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littlejerseybean · Joined: 18 Apr 2007 Posts: 1311

come to Jersey and have a day trip to Sark Laughing

My sister and her friends went on a day trip to Sark the other weekend, I think they chose the wettest day ever. She wore white linen trousers and flip flops, by the time she got home in the evening it looked like she had a severe case of deli belly, what with all the flipping and flopping mud.

She went to the little cafe and said she had a very enjoyable bacon butty. Thanks for the recommendation.
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EJ · Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 9:20 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the link to sark Alexandra. I had a look at the site and showed DH........guess what he says we can go there on our hols in September......Hurrah! Oooh I feel like packing my case right now!

I can see why you love it so much.

lots of love EJ x
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Alexandra · Joined: 26 Sep 2006 Posts: 2548 Location: North Yorkshire

If this is your first visit to the Channel Islands, you might find it more suitable to stay in Guernsey and then you can do trips to both Herm and Sark much more easily. But Sark is wonderful to stay in too! Very Happy

Click here and amend 'choose month' for details of what events are going on in September or any other month! Very Happy

The Battle of Britain event in September is always excellent, the Red Arrows often make an appearance as well. Very Happy

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mike pendrell · Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 1:20 pm Post subject:

Been to Alderney yet? There's an island off the main island called
(I think) Burrou. You used to be able to get there only via a friendly island lobster fisherman's leaky boat. Given this was all a long time ago, by now probably ****** great ferry service operates and in place of supreme solitude, there are ice cream parlours, Starbucks, a Burger King and amusement arcades. When 3 of us visited, you were able to watch nature in the raw. The island is a place where old and sick seabirds fly in to die; thousands of tiny bones crunch through centuries of marine birdlife. A resident flock of fat great black-backed gulls brutally despatch any waverers. The weather changes as the tides of the Channel and Atlantic meet in spectacles of incredible beauty as waves literally rear up.