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Considered one of prettiest ports in Europe, Guernsey's capital has been a busy port since Roman times.
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The first thing we did was visit St. Ann’s Church – very pretty
and -- there’s a plaque mentioning Sir Isaac Brock because he was born in
Guernsey.
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The streets around are a narrow jumble
but we headed upwards and made our way to Candie Gardens.
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It was a hot day so we found an
outside table for a beer.
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Next up was Hauteville House (back view) where
Victor Hugo lived between 1856 and 1870, but a lot of French tourists got there
before us and tours of the house were completely booked.
We
were delighted to be allowed, however, to tour the beautiful large garden behind the
house (for free!).
On the way down, I liked this gnarly fellow:
and we came upon the OLD VICTORIAN SHOP (and museum) in Cornet Street where we
bought candies (barley sugar and humbug).
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The last tender to the ship was
supposed to leave at 2 pm so we had to hurry but we couldn’t leave without
walking along the long pier to Castle Cornet.
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You get onto the pier to Castle Cornet
by climbing steps just like in Lyme Regis (and Jane Austen’s PERSUASION)
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I checked my BRITISH COOKERY book for a Guernsey Island recipe and
found only one. It was cooking
ORMERS. An ormer is “shellfish common
around the coast of Channel Isles; shaped like human ear” and is available only
“at special ‘ormering tides’ in winter”!
So here’s another mocktail recipe for you, instead.
BRYAN’S PINEAPPLE COBBLER MOCKTAIL
for 1 serving
2 ounces pureed strawberries
½ ounce fresh lime juice
3 ounces pineapple juice
Combine and shake. Strain
into ice-filled highball glass. Top up
with club soda.
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