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    ISSUE 14 SIR ISAAC BROCK Born October 6, 1769 St Peter Port, Guernsey Died October 13, 1812 Interview with Lord Digby Jones The Guille-Allès Library Inside Action For Children and much more... New Honda Mid-size Range BF40/50/80/100 Ready for the next adventure Call 726829 for more information MARINE ENGINEERS & SUPPLIERS Email [email protected] Castle Emplacement St Peter Port Over 50 years of innovation, testing, re ning and testing again makes our marine technology the very best it can be. Delivering more power and better fuel economy with a new lightweight design, a world of adventure awaits with these outstanding 4-stroke engines. ENGINEERING FORLife For more information call: xxxx xxxxxx or visit: www.honda.co.uk/marine the time they have been in office. The duties which go with the position are not onerous. Each Douzenier should attend the meeting held on the FOREWORD last Monday of each month, they must be ready to attend the election of Jurats (10 members must attend); they should attend events during the year within St Peter Port when the Douzaine is seen by the Island, such as Remembrance Sunday ithout the articles you kindly produce and Liberation Day. Most Douzeniers are on there would be no issue. Thank you Committees which may take a little time up per also to our readers, who we hope will year - other than that there is little else which is enjoyW reading the contents of this Issue 14 of mandatory - however, if you want to carve out a The Townie. job there is plenty which can be done around the Parish, it’s not flashy and the work is sometimes In November there will be a Parish meeting - it has hard, but it is rewarding.
  • 2011 Biodiversity Snapshot. Guernsey Appendices

    2011 Biodiversity Snapshot. Guernsey Appendices

    UK Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies: 2011 Biodiversity snapshot. Guernsey: Appendices. Author: Dr Charles David Guernsey Biological Records Centre, States of Guernsey Environment Department & La Societe Guernesiaise. More information available at: www.biologicalrecordscentre.gov.gg This section includes a series of appendices that provide additional information relating to that provided in the Guernsey chapter of the publication: UK Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies: 2011 Biodiversity snapshot. All information relating to Guernsey is available at http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-5743 The entire publication is available for download at http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-5821 Commissioned by the States of Guernsey Environment Department for the Joint Nature Conservation Committee Prepared by Dr C T David Guernsey Biological Records Centre August 2010 1 Contents Appendix 1: Bailiwick of Guernsey – Location and Introduction ............................. 3 Location, Area, Number of Islands, Population 3 Topography 4 Main economic sectors 4 Constitutional Position 4 Appendix 2: Multilateral Environmental Agreements. ............................................... 5 Appendix 3: National Legislation ................................................................................ 8 Planning 8 Ancient Monuments 8 Coast and beaches 8 Land 8 Fauna 8 Flora 9 Trees 9 Import/export 9 Marine environment 9 Waste 9 Water 9 Appendix 4: National Strategies ................................................................................ 11 Appendix
  • Alderney in Autumn

    Alderney in Autumn

    Alderney in Autumn Naturetrek Tour Report 25 – 29 September 2015 Southern Coast path by Dave Shute Rock Spurrey by Dave Shute Hedgehog leucistic by Dave Shute Checking the moth traps by Martin Batt Report compiled by Dave Shute and images by Martin Batt and Dave Shute Naturetrek Mingledown Barn Wolf's Lane Chawton Alton Hampshire GU34 3HJ England T: +44 (0)1962 733051 E: [email protected] W: www.naturetrek.co.uk Alderney in Autumn Tour Report Tour Participants: Martin Batt (leader & historian/naturalist) Dave Shute (leader & naturalist) David Wedd (entomologist) & Anne-Isabelle Boulon (naturalist) Annabel Finding (Alderney Tours minibus) 15 Naturetrek clients. Day 1 Friday 25th September Apart from Gary, who had unexpectedly arrived a day early(!), our group arrived on two separate flights from Southampton. So the first eight touched down in fine weather around 10am, to be greeted by Martin, and were soon aboard Annabel’s Alderney Tours minibus for the short transfer to the Braye Beach Hotel, our wonderfully-appointed base for the tour. As it was changeover day, I was engaged with our earlier group this morning. After a welcome coffee and snack, everyone visited the main town of St.Anne, a short uphill drive from Braye. Here, Martin led a guided tour of the attractions, from the cobbled Victoria Street (named in honour of the Queen’s affection for the island), through the impressively large 19th century church and very well laid out museum, to the public library which houses the beautiful final panel of the apparently incomplete Bayeux tapestry. Depicting the coronation of William the Conqueror after the Battle of Hastings this was recently crafted by the Alderney community and was subsequently displayed alongside the original in Bayeux in 2014.
  • A Cruise in Northern Europs

    A Cruise in Northern Europs

    A Cruise in northern Europe (Part one) In July 2007, my wife and I tried to get our 27ft Albin Vega, “Ocean Sunrise” (OS) from the Isle of White (IOW) on the central English Channel to La Coruna in NW Spain and back, all in a short 3 week cruise. We had been planning this trip for over a year, it was the perfect opportunity to find out if we had what it was needed to tackle an infamous bit of water in order to make it to the Caribbean later in life. The total trip was going to be 1200 Nm, which would start on the eastern side of the IOW down the coast on the UK Side, once past the Scilly islands on the far west tip of the UK down to Spain. I had done this trip countless of times in my mind, what we needed were the correct winds. On the day of departure we had a forecast for SW 3-4 dropping to SW 2-3 backing SE 3-4, latter veering W 5-6 (this is in a 48 hr period). Far from required, but at least it was not a gale warning. We left Ryde (on the eastern end in the IOW) at 3:00 on Saturday the 6th of July, after packing and arranging everything in order so that we had as much space as possible and stocked with enough food and water for 6 days at sea. The wind was about F3 from the SW the day was clear and we had a really nice sun rise, at once we lifted the number 1 Jib (having no roller furler) and started looking to raise the main sail, but for some reason we could not find the main halyard, due to the lack of light we could do very little but speculate why was it not there.