Pupils at Sark School had a nature walk with a difference recently when Dr George McGavin led them on a bug hunt. George is an explorer and natural history television presenter with a passion for insect life. The walk began in the Project Sunflower field then continued down Creux Belet valley and around the Eperquerie where George showed the children how to catch and view insects of all shapes and…
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It was the annual Sark School running race today which sees the older children run a mile from the Clos a Jaon crossroads to the north of the island and back to the School and the younger pupils run from the Heart. This year Max came first in Class One followed by Gabi and Ruby. Class Two winner was Edouard followed by Cameron and Zack while Lilly-Mae was the first…
The weather was perfect at the weekend for the first Sark Summer Festival, three days of live music, fabulous food and entertainment for the whole family. The event was held next to the Coupeé and was organised by Sark resident Simon Couldridge when he heard, a year ago, that the Folk Festival would be taking a break this summer. Simon and his team did an excellent job of inviting a…
This week saw the opening of ‘From Life’, a stunning exhibition of images by Sark artist Rosanne Guille. The show features pieces created throughout last winter and spring capturing the land and sea in all its moods around Sark, Guernsey and Alderney. Rosanne trained in natural history illustration at Bournemouth and Poole College of Art and at the Royal College of Art in London. This solo exhibition, which is held…
The archaeological team from Oxford University have been back on Sark for the last two weeks continuing their investigations into the island’s ancient past. The team, led by eminent archaeologist Sir Barry Cunliffe, is supported by archaeologists from Sark and Guernsey and this is the 15th year of their research. They have looked at a new site on Little Sark around what appeared to be a standing stone. They have…
A hundred and fifty competitors took part in the 37th Sark Ten cross-country running event at the weekend. Organised by Sark Running Club, the ten mile run included some of best coastal scenery on Little Sark as well as the main island and the event also had a ten mile walk, a five kilometre run and a children’s race. Pictures by Sue Daly The runners set off The junior competitors…
Author Duncan Barrett was on Sark recently to promote his book ‘Hitler’s British Isles, The Real Story of the Occupied Channel Islands.’ Duncan spent three months living on Guernsey to research the book and travelled over to Sark to speak to people here who lived through the Occupation. The book gives a fascinating insight into every day life on the Islands during the Second World War and the surprising challenges…
There was a treat for music-lovers this weekend when husband and wife duet ‘Le fil d’argent,’ Robert Bouthillier and Éva Guillorel, gave a performance in the Cider Barn. Éva played the Celtic harp and both sang traditional songs from Normandy, Brittany, Sark and French Canada. La Société Sercquaise hosted the event. Pictures Sue Daly Robert & Éva
Yesterday Sark celebrated 73 years since the Liberation of the island from the occupying German forces, as usual a day after Jersey and Guernsey. The event was marked with a visit from a group of Chelsea Pensioners and Gurkhas. After a carriage tour to the Coupée and a chance to sample some Caragh Chocolates, our visitors joined islanders on the Millennium Field for a picnic. During the afternoon there was…
The work this winter to clear areas around the Harbour Hill footpath have paid off with a fine show of bluebells once more gracing the area. Volunteers from Sark Community Blooms and La Société Sercquaise cut back the brambles and blackthorn that had overgrown the banks and this spring the bluebells are putting on a wonderful show. Pictures by Sue Daly Bluebells on Harbour Hill
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