Guernsey and Herm lifestyle - happy places

We love this little island. It is a place where you simply feel relaxed:

As you can see, Anne wore a T shirt that appealed to Patrick although he could not figure out why his relatives refused to turn and face him at all. He kept looking wistfully at them but to no avail. Poor deluded penguin.

What did we get up to on the little island? Well, you have to do the best value bus trip ever to give Anne a flavour of the place. £1 (yes, the old game of £2 for non residents has stopped!) gets you a ticket all the way around the island including a drive along the stunning north west coastline. The buses spend a fair bit of time driving on the pavements as the roads are so narrow too. They particularly appeal to Norwich City FC supporters:

Cool colours eh?

Talking of colours (neat link don't you think?) we were unimpressed by the current "trendy persons gear" in St Peter Port. Our first trip ashore put us face to face with a real cool dude in a snappy black suit who was wearing white trainers and socks. His designer girlfriend clearly hasn't told him just how that looks. Perhaps she thinks it will prevent other ladies from chasing him for his money? Then we saw a bright blue "teddy boy" colour suit but without the brothel creeper shoes. Instead, he had a nice pair of brown brogues. If this is the new fashion, we are happy to be totally out of date. Remember our previous posts on how many Guernsey men have trousers that are too short?

An excellent lunch at Le Nautique was enjoyed by all - especially as we had a window table overlooking the harbour. Have a look at restaurant website for more information.

Wednesday was the big excursion to Herm, another favourite spot. Of course, we had issues. First of all, Patrick tried to stow away in the rucksack:

When we told him that he was far to heavy for us to carry him around the island, but that Desmond the Welsh bear could come, Patrick got very jealous and difficult:

He has the "sad depressed penguin" look off to a T. Unfortunately.

We didn't take the Nordhavn over as it was pretty blowy and it would be low water when we came back which is not ideal for us trying to thread our way back to the harbour pontoons in almost no water. Instead, we took the Herm Ferry:

The island is another happy place for us and today didn't disappoint. Here are a few reasons why:

And here is a view over to Jethou:

All in all, not a bad spot. Lunch was good too, except the pheasant was served a little on the rare side for our liking:

Desmond had a great time - perhaps he liked being away from the "top penguin" on board the boat. However, he had to keep his hood up to avoid sunburn:

We think that he has inherited a few bad habits from the top penguin though:

After returning to Guernsey, we went to the airport by bus with Anne who reluctantly had to fly home. Easier said than done though. Have a look at Guernsey Press article although they got the times of the closure wrong. As Max Boyce would have said "We know, 'cos we were there". See how Welsh we are becoming.....