Comments on: The Channel Islands (Island Week 4)

By: George

George — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:16:38 +0000

can see my house, bottom right of jersey in the east about 2 miles from gorey castle

lovely place.

By: Wayne

Wayne — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:38:23 +0000

Oops, don’t know how I missed that! Sorry!

By: Simon

Simon — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:00:56 +0000

Herm is beautiful. Good call..

And I love the pound notes they have over there, wish we had them on the mainland!!

By: RobK

RobK — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:34:20 +0000

That’s Alderney, not Aldernay.

There’s also Herm: Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

which is the smallest Channel Island that is open to the public (I stayed there last year, just before it was bought by the new owners).

Another interesting spot is Les Minquiers, a cluster of rocks that form part of the Bailiwick of Jersey. (I hope that the St Malo – St Helier ferry doesn’t follow the route that the map suggests here: Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth !)

There are meant to be a few houses on Les Minquiers but no permanent residents, although I couldn’t find them on the satellite view.

There are definitely houses on Les Ecrehous, a collection of islets northeast of Jersey, but there is no imagery: Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

There are photos at Panoramio though, e.g. http://www.panoramio.com/photo/6091737

Further south, and owned by France, are the Iles Chausey: Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

By: scott

scott — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 04:05:38 +0000

re: Singapore and Hong Kong were both ruled by the British, and were both occupied by the Japanese in World War II.

The article says, occupied by the Germans....

By: Wayne

Wayne — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:03:05 +0000

Do you really mean “British Commonwealth” in the above post? Singapore and Hong Kong were both ruled by the British, and were both occupied by the Japanese in World War II. I suspect we’re talking about different things here.