Gorey Castle Jersey

This morning I decided to visit the east of the island so I had my injections, grabbed my passport (Jersey joke) and headed, with the dog, for Grouville bay, which is probably six, maybe seven miles from the Harbour View. And in Jersey, thats a long way, but a great excuse to take a picnic.

Grouville bay is a crescent shaped beach where the sea can reach the wall at high tide and disappear for half a mile at low tides. It is quite lovely and, like the east of the island itself, has very much its own unique character as it is in the lee of the prevailing south westerly winds.

Apart from being a peaceful beach to relax on Grouville bay is watched over by the spectacular and imposing Gorey Castle, (Mont Orgeuill). The castle is open to visitors and provides spectacular views of the French coast.

Talking of the tides, the tides here in Jersey are some of the largest in the world, sometimes rising over forty feet, and whilst high and low tides can be at any hour of the day or night, the biggest tides tend to be around 8 am or 8 pm making these the most breathtaking and spectacular to experience. if there's a high tide when you're here get up early and go and have coffee looking out over the harbour, with the boats bobbing just a few feet from the top of the wall.

Kelly x

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