A few days before Christmas a very special gift arrived in Sark from our friend Jean Guerin in Carteret, just across the water in Normandy. Jean’s yacht, Long John Silver, arrived in Creux harbour laden down with mistletoe that he and his friends then distributed around the island, with a little help from Sark fisherman Jordan de Carteret. A bunch of mistletoe was also hung over the entrance to both…
Monthly Archives: December 2016
Christmas Eve on Sark is one of the highlights of the festive season with carol singing from one end of the Avenue to the other. This year the weather was mild and dry and hundreds of islanders, friends and families enjoyed the singing along with the mulled wine, mince pies and other festive treats on offer from the various shops and businesses. As usual the staff at Food Stop were…
Lovely creative things were happening with Cadbury’s Cream eggs at Stocks Hotel on Tuesday morning this week. The session, at the farmhouse kitchen, was run by Jan Woolford who has 30 years of cake decorating experience. All present were very proud of their Christmas creations. Words by Karen, photos by Lydia.
Sark School pupils added an international twist to their carol concert this year when they performed ‘Children of the World’, a presentation on how Christmas is celebrated in different countries. The play featured festive songs and stories from around the world including Poland, China and Australia as well as our own traditional telling of the Christmas story. The concert was held in St Peter’s Church with a packed congregation of…
A self-guided walk from La Collinette to Little Sark and back With rest stops, picnic opportunities, eateries and lovely viewing points This walk will take about two and a half hours at a steady pace, but longer if you want to stop for any reason above. There are a couple of short climbs and two stiles, but it is easily achievable by any moderately fit walker. Start at La…
If you are like many visitors to Sark, and love fresh seafood, you can’t get better and fresher than Sark produce. To protect the beautiful seas and marine life around Sark the lobster and scallop season is strictly monitored. Fishermen can use lobster pots and dive for scallops between March 20th and October 20th, but not over the winter. Dredging is not allowed, so scallops have to be hand dived,…
The Gouliot Headland is a RAMSAR site (it gained this status in 2007), recognised worldwide as having special animal and plant life, particularly the marine life in the Gouliot Caves, a large sea cave system on the Sark side of the Gouliot passage. The area above the caves, on the headland itself, is a blanket of bluebells and primroses in spring. Botanists may also spot one or two white bluebells (not to…
La Coupée, the causeway which joins big and little Sark, is about 100m long. It is a high ridge 80 metres (262 ft) above the sea which is only some three metres in width. This is gradually being eroded and Little Sark will eventually become an island (a similar process is likely to have occurred with Brecqhou close to Sark’s west coast). Several small islets lie close to the shore of…
A small museum full of Sark antiquities from over the centuries, including artefacts from the Second World War. Open daily between 2pm and 4.30pm. Located on Rue Lucas. The museum building is sufficiently significant to be included in the book Channel Island Houses by architectural historian John McCormack.
The island’s children gathered at the Colinette this weekend to greet a very special visitor, Father Christmas. The great man arrived in a carriage pulled by a team of six human reindeers, including Rudolph with his red nose, and accompanied by his little elf helpers, Paula and Fiona. Amid much excitement, the children and parents joined the procession as the carriage made its way down the Avenue to the Island…
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