Channel Islands

Morlaix Yacht Race leads from Morlaix (Bretagne) to St. Peter Port (Guernsey ) and back. Here the yachts set off from St. Peter Port early in the morning.

The lighthouse at the end of Castle breakwater marks the entrance to St. Peter Port harbour/ Guernsey. Evening is a busy time- the fast catamaran is leaving for Britain, the Sark boat and in the distance the Herm boat are heading into harbour. HFF everyone! www.harbours.gg/Castle-breakwater-lighthouse

Catamaran to Herm at Inter Island Quay, St. Peter Port. The Herm boat leaves from there at low water, at high water it can go nearer town to Weighbridge steps. www.traveltrident.com

St. Peter Port is the capital of Guernsey, its largest harbour and the most beautiful town in the Channel Islands. There has been a settlement/ trading post since before Roman times. Stitched from 10 verticals EXIF: 1/250 • f/8.0 • 54.0 mm • ISO 100/ Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL/ 18.0-200.0 mm

Liberation Day fireworks over Saint Peter Port harbour. Happy New Year, Guten Rutsch, Bonne Année, Feliz Año Nuevo, Feliz Ano Novo, Buon anno nuovo!

Coastpath on Guernsey's SE coast. In May the coast is covered in flowers, here red campion (Silene dioica) and stinking onion (Allium triquetrum), which looks a bit like white bluebells but smells quite differently;-) Auf dem Küstenpfad im Südosten von Guernsey, der im Mai voller Blumen ist, hier Rote Lichtnelke und Glöckchen-Lauch.

Stitched from quite a number of shots (cannot remember how many). View large size: www.ipernity.com/doc/523247/46568656/sizes/o Marble Bay or Pied du Mur is a bay on Jerbourg peninsula in the south of Guernsey, with views across to the Islands of Herm, Jethou and Sark. It lies in fault zone stretching across the peninsula to Petit Port Bay. The bedrock is Icart gneiss with bands of quartz and a dolerite dyke running through it. Wave erosion has created caves with sea anemones which can be accessed at low tide. Various types of seaweed have covered and coloured the rocks. The red blobs are sea anemones

Coast path above Marble Bay (Le Pied du Mur) on Guernsey's southeast coast.

This less visited stretch of Guernsey's southwest coast has no sandy coves but lots of interesting cliffs. Long Cavaleur (see inset photo) with its rock arch is slowly being eroded away. Both Long Cavaleur and Les Tielles in the background consist of reddish Icart gneiss, one of the oldest rocks in Britain, and are crossed by grey dolerite dykes. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geology_of_Guernsey