The Sark Community Blooms group has been hard at work again, this time with the help of some of the island’s younger green-fingered residents. They ran a competition with Sark School pupils to decide where to plant a community herb garden with a beautiful ‘Guernsey Girl’ bay tree as the centre point. The tree was donated by Nigel Clark of the Green Legacy Project and Class One pupils…
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Visitors joined islanders yesterday on Sark to celebrate the Queen’s 90 th birthday. At the Island Hall the Thursday Lunch Club members raised a glass of fizz to Her Majesty and in the evening a good crowd gathered at La Collinette for a larger celebration. Food was provided by Pip’s Pickers and the Mermaid Tavern ran an outdoor bar. The event began when everyone sang ‘God Save the Queen’ accompanied…
The Sark Angling Club gave out its awards at the weekend for the 2015/16 fishing season. Rosie Guille was the declared the club champion as well as winning the ladies class and the heaviest bag and heaviest pollack competition. Stephen Dewe was the men’s winner and also won the prize for the heaviest wrasse and Steph Guille won the open cup. Harry Falla caught the largest dogfish, but was unable…
The tall ship Belem visited Sark this week as part of a voyage along the Normandy coast. The French three-masted barque was built in Nantes in 1896 and was originally used as a cargo vessel transporting sugar, cocoa and coffee from the West Indies, Brazil and French Guiana. In 1914 she was sold to the Duke of Westminster who converted her to a private luxurious pleasure yacht and eight years…
Sincere apologies for the delay in our news posts, we have had a technical problem. Seventy people took part in a new sporting event on Sark on 9th April when the island hosted its first triathlon. The competitors began with a bracing 500 metre swim around Creux harbour before donning their running gear and heading up hill for a five mile run that took in the south coast and out to Little…
Sunday 24th April sees the start of our glorious Wildflower Fortnight! It kicks off with a Guided Walk in Little Sark. Book at the Visitor Centre 01481 832345, and meet at La Sablonnerie at 2pm. Tickets cost £4/£2 children. Our flowers are looking just fabulous, so come and see what all the fuss is about and why we celebrate them! Please keep tab on all of the Guided Walks during…
You can now take part in our new selfie challenge for this season, called ‘5 faces in 5 places’. It is even easier than ‘5 bays in 5 days’ as people can take their selfies anywhere on Sark they want. Hopefully many visitors will have a go and win the chance of a really good prize: return boat tickets for 2 adults, accommodation in a Sark Guest House for 2 nights for 2…
The ‘Te Ahora’ is a private charter boat run by Ray Lowe. The boat is a very comfortable, fast charter and can take you to the other islands. Contact Ray Lowe, Clos du Vivier, Sark, on +44[0]7781 149696 or email boat@eventgroup.gg for details and bookings.
This week sees the 150 th anniversary of the publication of Victor Hugo’s epic tale, ‘Toilers of the Sea’. The French poet and novelist lived in exile in the Channel Islands for 18 years and spent two weeks on Sark during that time in 1859. He stayed at the Dixcart Hotel with his mistress Juliette Drouet and his son Charles and explored the island on foot and from the sea….
On Monday 18th April Sark Tourism will be launching a new ‘selfie type’ competition for visitors, called 5 faces in 5 places It really couldn’t be simpler. All you need is a boat ticket for Sark and a camera. To complete this challenge take a photograph of yourself in 5 different locations on Sark. You can do this all in one day, or one 5 different days before 1st October…
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