This year we celebrate 75 years of liberated freedom since the surrender of the German Third Reich and the removal of the occupying German forces from Europe and the Channel Islands in 1945. Towards the end of last year, Sark teamed up with our sister Channel Islands and applied to become members of Liberation Route Europe. We have recently heard that the Channel Islands have been accepted as new members….
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Following an overall win in the Floral Guernsey Competition in 2018 Sark was awarded a place in the National Finals this year. Around eighty finalists were chosen from 1600 communities which competed in local competitions. It was announced at the RHS awards evening at the Royal Horticultural Halls in London this evening that Sark Community Blooms, representing not only Sark but also the Bailiwick of Guernsey, was awarded the high…
There were some four-legged members of the congregation on Sunday for an outdoor gathering at St Peter’s Church where the annual service of thanksgiving for pets and animals was held. The Seigneurie donkeys, Florence and Ruby, made their first official public appearance where they met the famous sheep Persil and dogs of all shapes and sizes, and Robin and Mia read poems that they had written about animals. The service…
The second build-a-boat race took place recently with five entries building a boat from scratch in just a day then racing it the following day. On the day of the race, the atmosphere was electric. Five boats took part with only four boats making the finish line as one of them decided to have a chat with a rock en route. They raced around the circuit just outside Creux Harbour…
The harbour hill was closed to the usual traffic of tractors and walkers this Friday evening for the island’s first lawnmower hill climb race. Lawnmower racing has become an annual fixture on Sark but this year the organisers decided to expand the event to include a hill climb the evening before the main race. Twelve teams took part with all but one, who crashed on the corner by the power…
The Sark Branch of the Royal British Legion took part in a parade in St Peter Port recently to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Royal Guernsey Light Infantry Homecoming and First World War Victory Parade. John Hunt carried the Sark Standard and Seigneur Christopher Beaumont accompanied the Bailiff of Guernsey and Tony Ventress and Reg Guille also took part. All of them were representing the 68 Men of Sark…
The summer issue of Sark Life is out now with features on Trevor Kendall’s new book on Point Robert Lighthouse, fifty years of the Isle of Sark Shipping Company, how to explore one of Sark’s amazing sea caves and a glimpse into the island’s Victorian past. We look ahead to the Creative Sark Fortnight and Opera Sark as well as the theatrical events to come from the fabulous Oddsocks theatre…
Musicians Éva Guillorel and Robert Bouthillier were on Sark this week sharing their passion for traditional songs from Sark and the other Channel Islands. The couple did a lunchtime recital at La Sablonnerie Hotel as well as an evening performance at the Island Hall during which they sang and talked about the history and origins of the folk songs. Pictures by Sue Daly Robert & Éva at La Sablonnerie
Sark’s Wildflower Fortnight may have come to an end but the island’s wildflowers are in full bloom. There are still plenty of bluebells to see (and smell!) in the shadier areas such as Harbour Hill and Dixcart Wood and out on the cliffs the gorse, thrift, sea campion and a whole host of other beauties are in flower. The sunny weather with cool sea breezes makes getting around on foot,…
Sark’s Seigneur, Christopher Beaumont, and his family got stuck into the hospitality industry this month to make sure that Hathaways, the café at the Seigneurie Gardens, was up and running in time for Easter after the previous tenant was unable to open due to ill health. Christopher’s wife Sarah, their daughter Sibyl and Sarah’s sister Annie are running Hathaways every day between 10am and 5pm offering homemade cakes and scones…
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