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| "La Seigneurie" |
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| The garden of "La Seigneurie" |
During
the week of hiking on Jersey, I went on a day trip to Sark with 10 of
the women from my hiking group.
Sark
is free of cars. You can walk, cycle or use a carriage. With only 600
inhabitants, Sark is much smaller than Jersey and it is located closer
to Guernsey.
A
catamaran took us to the little island within an hour. It was a choppy crossing to Sark so I was very glad to get there when the boat docked.
Sark
rewarded me with a wealth of flowers and plants I had never seen before. Shortly after our arrival, I noticed this
wonderfully strong floral scent, It was overwhelming !
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| See the butterfly |
We
paid a short visit to St. Peter's Church, the only church on the
island. We were told some history about it and learnt about the
feudal system here.
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| "La Coupee" |
We
decided to walk to "La Seigneurie", the estate of Europe's last remaining feudal lord. The manor house is not open to the public but the
garden is. It surpassed any garden and park I'd seen until that day
because it was so beautifully laid out with a well, several benches
to rest on and a maze.
After
our lunch, we enjoyed a carriage trip to "La Coupée", a
narrow isthmus, which links Great Sark and Little Sark. It's about 90
metres high and horse drawn carriages are not allowed to cross with people in them.
Standing
on "La Coupée" felt really great and revealed fantastic views of the sea. If it's clear enough, you can even see Guernsey on the
right side.
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| Look to Guernsey |
Close
to the narrow isthmus, we found a chocolate factory with a café and
decided to have "Cream Tea". We also tried some of the
chocolates. They were incredibly good !!! I bought a little box in order to
calm myself down, knowing I had to go on the catamaran again and that it wouldn't
be a nice journey.
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| The way back |
We
walked back to the little harbour and passed by some beautiful little
cottages and shops. The shops offered some extraordinary pretty
dresses, scarves and wonderful watercolour paintings of the island.
I keep Sark in my mind as some kind of fairytale.
