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Gorgeous Guernsey (6/8/25)

If I had blogged yesterday, this would have been entitled gray and gusty Guernsey. Happily, today is a different story and just in time for their bimonthly summer themed seafront festival. The theme for today’s event was art, so lots of craft booths as well as music and food trucks or tents.

Before heading to the festival, we walked the dogs at Fort George and then headed towards Castle Cornet for a better photo of this important structure.

Heading down one of many sets of steps towards the seafront
Pretty flowers growing out of the wall
Looking across the harbor towards St Peter Port
as we walk out to Castle Cornet
Looking back towards the part of Guernsey
where we had walked the dogs at Fort George earlier

Castle Cornet has guarded St Peter Port for over 800 years. Construction was started in the 13th century and it has been extended and altered over the years as war and weaponry has changed. The Germans used Castle Cornet as part of the air defense cover of the harbor, and it is probably the only British castle to be strafed by the Royal Air Force.

Castle Cornet, which currently houses four museums
Flowers laid in a ceremony on the anniversary of D-Day
for the first member of the Guernsey squadron
to be lost due to enemy action
Another look at the tiered town of St Peter Port
as we walk back in from the castle
A island ferry boat, one of 2 cruise ships in port,
and a lighthouse near the castle
An artistic drawing relating to the island’s liberation
on a distillery building
A couple of seagulls taking it all in
The flower adorned walk along the harbor
The line of stalls for the Seafront Festival
Some restaurants benefiting from the crowds
(cruise passengers, festival goers, or both)
A marker commemorating the 60th anniversary
of the liberation of the island
Low tide

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