It was judgement day yesterday for the scarecrow makers of Sark with the annual Scarecrow competition. There were 12 entries in the event that is organised by Sark Community Blooms and was judged by the Speaker of Chief Pleas, Arthur Rolfe. In honour of the royal nuptials, the theme this year is weddings and entries include traditional white weddings and a gay wedding. There is a bride with a broccoli…
Monthly Archives: May 2018
Hand woven items made on Sark. Contact Sark Threads on 01481 832597 or email sarkthreads@gmail.com www.sarkthreads.com .
AJ’s Café is a small, friendly café located in the heart of the Avenue on the Channel Island of Sark. AJ’s is personally run by Mad Guille and her small team of friendly staff, and it is a popular rendezvous for local people and visitors alike. In addition to the tables inside, there is also a secluded, sunny garden area at the back of the café. The garden is filled…
Easy walks on Little Sark (with some suggested extensions for the agile and energetic) Walks 1-7 start at La Sablonnerie Hotel 1 Les Fontaines: From the main Little Sark road take the track to the right just before Duval Farm, then immediately left with the carriage park on your right. Do not go through the gate ahead, but swing around on the track to the right with a stone-built house…
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…
Cartref is on the East side on Sark, just past the Cartref crossroad on the left. It is 15 minutes from the shops and the Island Hall and it is all on the flat. The Cartref has a Kitchen-diner/living room as well as one twin bedded room with separate bathroom.
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
A field near the Coupée has been dedicated to wildlife this year, specifically pollinating insects. The four-acre field, which is opposite the carriage park, belongs to the Magell and Woolford families who have sewn it with a specially blended mixture of seeds to provide pollen and nectar for a wide range of insect species including butterflies and bumblebees. The crop contains trefoils, clovers, phacelia and borage. Picnic tables and log…
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