Last full day and off to Castle Cornet

Set amongst modern day sailing boats and ferries, Castle Cornet is considered a very good example of a Napoleonic fort turned into a WW2 garrison.

Both first and second World War memorabilia is housed here with personal experiences of those who fought and lived to tell the tale. 

Both harrowing and heart warming, the stories told of the bravery amongst the Guernsey men who went to fight and how so many were lost in some of the bloodiest battles.

Much of the remnants of the German occupation can be seen around including the girls names given to each of their guns. 

Steps are everywhere taking you up to gun emplacements and down to ordinance storage. Tunnels from the original construction blending into the later, concrete additions of the invading army.

We listened to the noontime salute across the bay; a small electrically detonated blank of wadding. It looked, for all intent and purpose like it was set by a charge from the rear. Beautifully done.

I then spied one of the larger ferries coming in, possibly France or perhaps Jersey. It didn't stop long, enough time to unload, reload and leave. Quite a sight from the ramparts.