Today we travelled up the east coast to Gorey, where Mont Orgueil is located. It wasn’t far away as Jersey is only 5 miles by 8 miles wide. The castle has stood for over 800 years, overlooking the fishing port. It was built to defend them from the Normans, whose coastline is only 12 miles away. The castle is one of the world’s most well-preserved medieval fortresses. We climbed to the top and back down into the town - lots of steps to access the many rooms. It was another beautiful sunny day, perfect for sea views and breezes. After that we went to a garden centre for a light lunch.
We then moved on to La Hougue Bie Museum, one of Europe’s finest prehistoric monuments. At the site there is a medieval church, and underneath it lies a 6,000 year old Neolithic passage grave. We had to stoop for about eight meters to gain access to it, after which it opened into a small chamber where fragmented bones from about six people had been found. We also saw a cache of about 73,000 Celtic coins found in a nearby farmers field. There was also a German bunker here, used in an emergency, for the top officers, which has been preserved as a memorial to the slave workers the nazis brought here, from Europe, who were literally worked to death. It was an interesting place to visit.
We then went to Chateau La Chaire, a country house, for a cream tea before returning to the hotel.
We had dinner a little later tonight and managed to eat again - there was a good selection of Asian food on the buffet tonight and it was amazing 🧑🍳. I thought we might get fed up with a buffet every night but so far it has been terrific, lots of variety.
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