February Excursions

February has been full of surprises, some more welcome than others. Warm weather sure is nice, but (in my eyes) it's accompanied by this fear of impending doom due to global warming.  

For Christmas Jack was kind enough to buy us 'lads' a Jersey War Tours half day tour voucher, and ten days ago we cashed it in.  We had a great day out. Phil, our tour guide, really is an encyclopaedia when it comes to Jersey history, especially world war two history, and has access to a lot of historical sites that normally you're not allowed to go in.

We were able to visit the Radio Tower at Les Landes, a bunker at La Pulente, Victoria Tower, and, most importantly, the round tower at Greve De Lecq.  In the round tower there's this sort of quasi museum with lots of world war two artefacts, and, most importantly weapons!  The best part is that you're allowed to handle all the items, which led to an obligatory photo (see below). 

If you're interested in maybe booking one of these tours for yourself, then head on over to https://www.jerseybunkertours.com/.

As a family we also recently entertained LV and the urchins from St Ouens.  The urchins were treated to a trip in the truck and a walk in the woods. 

I was asked by WV if she could sit on my shoulders, which was fine right up until she decided to give a rousing 5 minute long chorus of "I'm the king of the castle, and you're all the dirty rascal" directly in my ear.  The chorus only stopped when BV went on Jacks shoulders, which meant that WV was no longer the king of the castle!

The warm weather and nice walks was offset by the incredibly sad passing of Harry Zambon last weekend.  Harry was an inspirational young man who helped so many in such a short amount of time.  It's with some degree of certainty that I can say that he will be greatly missed, not just by his family and friends, but by all those in the wider society that had the pleasure of interacting with him and his sense of humour.