Sark Summer Festival 6-8 July 2018 – Press Release from the Organisers “Our plans for the 2018 Sark Summer Festival are going fantastically well with substantial support and interest from people near and far. We already have scores of on and off Island acts and performers, local food purveyors, local craft cider and real ale producers, craft stalls, workshops, children activities, Yoga, Choir singing lined up. Website now live www.sarksf.com…
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Sark Shipping are running a special offer until 31st October for families booking at least one overnight stay in Sark. Two adults and two children can travel for just £60 return from Guernsey, with additional children travelling for just £5 return each. The offer excludes the 10am boat and children must be no older than 14 years. To temp you further, local accommodation providers have got in touch to say…
Asian Hornets have recently been spotted on Sark. These are dangerous to our native bee and insect species. If you spot the Asian Hornet, please do not disturb it as they have quite a sting but we would be grateful if you could contact Jo Birch and inform her of where you spotted it. Jo can be contacted by email on jo.birch@cwgsy.net or telephone 07781 467920.
Carved out for the Millennium, this stunning granite rock stands proudly on L’eperquerie, facing West towards the other islands of Guernsey, Jethou and Herm. Find the panoramic photo of the site on our interactive map here Look to the Northern tip of Sark for a green marker, under Place of Beauty. in 1999 a Tibetan Buddhist monk visited Sark, and went all over the island with a friend to find…
We are delighted to be able to host such a variety of guided walks throughout the season here on Sark. Please see the poster below for dates and times.
Our new competition ‘5 dips in 5 trips’ is well underway, with our first brave entrant Carolyn appearing on our Sark Island Facebook page. Right up until the end of October you can take part in a selfie competition, with the chance to win a great prize. Just send us in 5 photos of you at 5 bays, natural pools or coves and we will post them on Facebook. The…
The Guernsey Heritage Festival is taking place from 8th April to 10th May, and we are delighted to be joining in with the celebration for the second year by hosting our own events on Sark. Sark Tourism have organised many events from guided historical walks to exhibitions, and the Sark Occupation Museum are taking part too. Adventure Sark have planned a host of wonderful tours on land, sea and coast…
A descendant of one of the first families to colonise the island in 1565, Rosanne has always expressed her love of Sark through her watercolour paintings and sketches of its coastline and wildlife. She has been showing her work through her Gallery on Sark since she left the Royal College of Art in 1997 where she gained her Masters Degree in Natural History Illustration and Ecological Studies. In 2011 Rosanne…
The yoga group meet on Sark at the Island Hall. Tuesdays and Thursday at 6pm, and Sunday at 9am. Tuesday is a relatively gentle strengthening class and Thursday is dynamic rocket yoga. Sunday is a more flow based movement. Please do look out for Yoga events on Sark. The contact for Yoga here is Caragh Couldridge 01481 832414.
The island’s junior natural history group, Sark Watch, were hard at work recently making bird feeders. Phoebe Higham, who is working towards her Nature Ranger Award, led the activity. The children used recycled milk cartons to create seed holders, complete with a perch for the visiting birds, and mixed up seed and lard to make conical versions of fat balls. Sark’s wild birds are in for a treat this spring!…
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