After a windy, rainy start to the day, the sun came out, and we decided it looked too good to stay inside. We had been talking about doing a half-day bus tour of the island, so we decided maybe today was the day. The website said no tickets were available, but we didn’t know if that was because the tour was full or they don’t sell tickets online for same day tours. We had other things that we wanted to see in St Helier anyway, so we thought we’d walk down to Liberation Square to try to get tickets for the tour, and if not, we’d see more of St Helier.
Turns out that no tickets were available because it is the end of the season, so the half day tours are no longer on offer. There is a full day tour option available on Wednesday of this week. We went to our Plan B for today. Bob wanted to walk some of the promenade along the water in downtown St Helier, and I wanted to see the Maritime Museum (just for a photo) and a steam clock.
by The Queen on May 9, 2005,
to commemorate the 60th anniversary
of the liberation of the islands
that you could walk across (when low tide) to Elizabeth Castle
There had been an art show for paintings in the arches of the pier. The time for the exhibition was officially over, but the paintings were still there. Here’s a couple.
of the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth’s reign.
with a letter of the naval phonetic alphabet and semaphore
to commemorate the island’s rich maritime history
and the innovative spirit of the Victorian Era.
The steam clock apparently actually releases steam at regular intervals, but we weren’t there at the right time. We were quite happy with our Plan B day — and the weather.
Peckish Travels 
One reply on “A Plan B Day (10/27/25)”
Did you go into the Maritime Museum 🤔
S.J.B
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