Weather forecast looks good tomorrow, if a little breezy.

Get breakfast in St Peter Port, i wouldn’t bother on the boat.

Christies do a nice breakfast if you want up market, or the White Rock Cafe (the first cafe you’ll see when you get off the boat) do a good fry up, the dockers eat there!

Catle Cornet would be a good way of spending the morning and getting a feel for the history of the island, there’s also a Military musem at La Vallette which has a lot of occupation history. Stay in town for lunch, there’s a lot og good restaurants but if you want somethng light with a good view, you can’t beat the Terrace Cafe, overlooks the harbour and town church, serves light English lunches and very good Thai food.

In the afternoon, hop on the 7a bus, this will take you all around the island for a quid, but you’ll have to pay a pound each time you get back on. You’ll get a good view all around the coast.

Occupation museum is worth a look. Fort Grey (the cup & saucer) shipwreck musuem is also interesting. Both of these are on the 7a route.

West Coast beaches may be a bit chilly tomorrow with a South westerly wind but you’ll be able to find a nice spot.

If you don’t fancy eating lunch in town, then the Beach Terrace at Pembroke is a nice spot for lunch, and Pembroke beach will be sheltered from the wind

Back to St Peter Port for beers and dinner at the Boathouse, good seafood there or if you fancy a good steak then try Red although its a bit pricey.

There are some great pubs all around the island, cracking afternoon views at The Rockmount at Cobo.

Most of the German Bunkers are sealed off now so you can’t get inside.

The German Underground hospital is also good for a visit, spooky and the brothers that run it are interestng characters.

If your’re planning on sticking around St Peter Port visit the Tourist office and check for guided walks , they are good and the guides very knowledgable.

If you need directions to any of the above then just ask anybody, we’re a friendly bunch.

Yep, there’s a beach break at Vazon, you can hire boards and wetsuits from the surf school, the 7a will get you there, or there’s a couple of other more direct routes too just ask at the bus terminal.

Fish and Chips at Cobo Bay also lovely if you’ve got good weather – the beach there is nice.

The tunnel of goats is worth a look, otherwise it’s the spinning cat.
(craggy island joke)

You could always go for a cocktail at Laska, hope the weather is good for you, it’s horrible 9 months of the year at best, strange little place, I lived there and hated every minute.

The Crab is very good.

So, the Germans had cell phones, eh?

UncleFred – long shot but did I meet you once at LibJam the year they had the big BMX jump on the pier? You told me you had Danny Hart’s old Balfa (if that is you?)

Alderney eh? Very nice. Brace yourself for the areoplane ride though. If you’re not used to flying in ‘small’ planes then it’s a bit of a culture shock.

First time I went (wife’s Grandmother lives there and her uncle is the Jurat. Also – how coold is this – the wife used to pop back and forth in the leased plane she had when she was 17 as a way getting her hours up) was a shock. The wife kept saying ‘honey it’s a small plane’ and I kept saying, ‘sure, I’ve been on small planes before’.

Well I had but even then they still had a central aisle and at least one member of cabin crew.

No, the planes they fly to Alderney are small enough that you can reach over and tap the pilot on the shoulder 😯

Portuguese seem to be in force on all the channel islands. I’ve been told it’s because of the climate?

Geetee – not not me.

Aurigny fly Britten Normandie Trilanders into Alderney. Pilot only. No first officer. They seat you by size to balance out the plane, they used to use Islanders and you’d have to stand on the baggage scales.

The Portuguese workers started coming on the late 70’s early 80’s when the finance industry took off. They took a lot of the manual work and hospitality jobs whilst all the locals went into finance.

There’s been a shift to Latvians and Polish over the last 10 years or so, pretty much the same as the rest of the UK.

I still need to go to Alderney.

Good thing about bringing your bike on the ferry is that you don’t pay for it! Cheaper than getting a bus and a good way to get around.