What I did in June 2016

The month of June started for me in Guernsey:

I climbed up the steps into the Rousse Tower, and inside were some statues of people carrying barrels of rum and just standing around in the tower. (The Rousse Tower is a 19th century Loophole tower, built to defend against the threat of a French invasion.)

I wandered across the sand at the Pembroke and L'Ancresse beaches, and then past another tower, Watchtower number 5, and then along the coast, around Fontenelle Bay and past abandoned greenhouses, overgrown and with smashed windows.

I looked inside Fort Doyle, an early 19th century fort, and then onwards, around the coastline.

I visited Le Déhus Dolmen, a prehistoric passage grave, that is atmospherically lit and large enough to walk inside. There's even a little wooden door that you open to go into the tomb.

The next bay after that was Bordeaux harbour, where I stopped briefly before getting the bus to St Peter Port.

I took photos of the yellow phone boxes, as excited as a tourist in London taking photos of the red phone boxes. Also: blue postboxes.

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