TRAVEL
I park my bike and walk down to Moulin Huet Bay, a favourite spot of the French painter Renoir. The bay’s clear waters and dramatic rock formations inspired many of his works. There follows a succession of tiny rocky beaches, including Saints Bay and Petit Bot with its tower. All require further ups and downs but I’m soon at Torteval, on the South Western Tip. The headland is honeycombed with German fortifications from WW2 including the imposing The South, however, is all rugged cliffs with steep descents into small bays and wooded coves. Of course going down Pleinmont Observation Tower. As I turn the corner, the landscape becomes gentler opening out to long wide bays. Fort Grey, on Rocquaine Bay, an 18th century fort, now houses a shipwreck museum, detailing disasters on the surrounding seas. As I cycle north I stop by at Lihou Island, a nature reserve only accessible by causeway at low tide. Here I turn inland, cycling due east through Castel back to St Peter Port. This is agricultural heaven, blessed by traditional farmhouses, and fields dotted with grazing Guernsey cows. means a tough following climb upwards, often to stunning viewpoints.
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