St Helier; Saturday, 30 November, 2002

After a very hearty breakfast (with full silver service!!) it was time to hit the island (in a light drizzle).

First on the itinerary for the day (because it was the closest) was The occupation museum near the centre of town.

The museum itself is slightly disappointing given that its main elements appear to be a 40 minute rather elderly video on the occupation and a display of German uniforms.

the Occupation museum I had quick wander up to the top of the cliffs to have a look down on the town and over the the Elizabeth castle (Sadly closed for the winter) and then wandered back into the town centre to go to the Jersey Museum.

The museum starts with a 12 minute presentation on the history of the island that gives a good background to start exploring the rest of the collection of the museum. The museum itself mostly focuses on the older history (pre-WWII) and the geography/geology of the island.

After the museum it was time to hop on a bus and visit Gorey on the East Coast of the island and one of the best preserved Castles

Mont Orgueil castle is still pretty well intact in many places and offers some stunning views over the small harbour town of Gorey.

After Gorey there was just enough time to zip back into St Hellier and visit the Occupation Tapestry - Put together to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the island at the end of WWII - and the Maritime museum.

Both are almost new and very well presented museums that use a range of different mediums to put their message across with the Maritime Museum being very Hand-on.

After that I had a quick wander (in the dwindling light) round the harbour to get a better view of the Elizabeth castle which in situated on a piece of headland that is only connected to the mainland during low tide. After that I quickly popped back to Gorey to get some shots of the castle floodlight and to have dinner in a nice fish restaurant I had spotted before returning back to St Hellier.