European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 12, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The Channel islands a. A amps photos by j. King Cruger a horse stares at the camera. In the background is a victorian Era fort built atop a strategic Hill. An Island resident reads the memorial plaques to foreign forced labourers who died in the nazi concentration Camp on Alderney. 4 a Ltd it let 4 in id 5s in i Miles of hiking trails a number of Good restaurants and is a Paradise for Bird watchers. A favorite spot for birdwatchers is the Small Rocky Isle of borhot a half mile off Alderney s fort toughs. Hundreds of pairs of puffins nest there along with Stormy petrels and gulls. Just Southwest of the Island is Ortac Rock where gannets Breed in the thousands. The fast moving up to 11 knots tidal Waters Are notorious for their peril to shipping but when sea conditions Are not threatening visitors can take a trip around the Island and to the Bird sanctuaries in a Small boat. The Alderney railway is the Only Standard gauge railway to survive in the Channel islands. It was opened in 1.847 to haul Stone to the Harbor from manner Quarry. Now the line carries tourists from Braye Road outside Ste. Anne to the Quarry and Back. The Island s main event is milk and punch sunday the first sunday in May. Each pub whips up its own punch using milk and rum dispensing it free to All customers. No one knows How the tradition started but everybody loves it. Alderney is easy to get to via commercial air 40 minutes direct from England s South coast airports of Southampton and Bournemouth and 15 minutes from Guernsey Jersey or Cherbourg. There Are also sea routes to die Island via Guernsey and direct sailings from England s Torquay or trance s St Malo. Accommodation is easy to come by during the of season on Alderney and prices Are quite reasonable. Substantial savings May be realized during the off season on accommodation and transportation packages.  it i f 1 v or s 4 v a of it 4  a amp it it it s i of Quot m it ,1 i stes pkg a -j�7. A t. M / f w a or tv.1�?T r a. I a a a Vamp of v. San Quot r it a Tiv 4. It i i a Quot v of it a afr a v a it we to. V r of. A j one of the huge observe ten posts the German built during Wii As part of their Atlantic , cows put this Island on the map the roads on Guernsey Are even More treacherous than those on Jersey local residents Are Quick to warn. Quot requite careful narrow lanes you know Quot the car rental agent at St. Peter port said before turning Over the keys to a right hand drive compact. Guernsey is about one third the size of Jersey 24 Square Miles is. 76 Square Miles and the Pace of life is noticeably slower. A Quot a a. A. A. A a a a a ,. From he ferry arrival at St. Peter port it is less than two hours by car around the principal roads of the Island allow half a Day for a leisurely visit to the top attractions. The most Westerly spot in the Channel islands is Guernsey s Pez eries Point where the View from atop rugged Cliffs is among the most Beautiful in the islands. There is a German occupation museum in the Village of Forest and a German underground Hospital at the Center of the Island three Miles West of St. Peter port. Novelist Victor Hugo lived for three years on Jersey and then 15 on Guernsey after his exile from France in 1851, his Guernsey residence Haut Eville House overlooks the Harbor and is open to the Public. Greenhouses Dot the Island and the most noted Export despite the Fame of the Guernsey cow is the Island Tomato. The Best place to walk along the water is co to Bay a Long expanse of Rock strewn Shore interrupted by successive crescents of Sandy Beach. Halfway Between Sark and Guernsey is Herm it a 1 i mile Long by 1/i-mile-wide Island that shelters St Peter port. A walking tour of Herm takes about three hours. The islet of Jethu is to the Southwest across a narrow Channel. Bill Walker May 12, 1994 stripes Magazine 13