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Moulin Huet bay, one of Victor Hugo's favourite picnic spots and the subject of some 15 paintings by Renoir back in 1883.
The Pea-Stacks.
Petit Port beach.
View from Icart Point.
View from Dixcart Bay, Sark
View from the Bon Port Hotel
Sunset view of a lighthouse on the west coast. Guernsey was known for its treacherous reefs. By the early 19th century the increasing number of shipwrecks made it clear that there was an urgent need for a navigation light on this rocky coast. A lighthouse was eventually built on the rock known as Le Biseau, part of Les Hanois reef, one mile north west of Pleinmont Point. The lighthouse stands one hundred feet high with a diameter of thirty two feet. The first official lighting was on 8th December 1862; a red revolving light, powered by an incandescent oil burner, producing a bright flash every 45 seconds. The present light is generated by an electric powered 10000 watt lamp, surrounded by a rotating optic, which gives a light range of 23 miles. The light is white and flashes twice every five seconds. In 1995 the Hanois was converted from diesel to fully automatic solar power.
Sunset at Petit Port beach.
The Pea-Stacks.
Petit Port beach.
View from Icart Point.
View from Dixcart Bay, Sark
View from the Bon Port Hotel
Sunset view of a lighthouse on the west coast. Guernsey was known for its treacherous reefs. By the early 19th century the increasing number of shipwrecks made it clear that there was an urgent need for a navigation light on this rocky coast. A lighthouse was eventually built on the rock known as Le Biseau, part of Les Hanois reef, one mile north west of Pleinmont Point. The lighthouse stands one hundred feet high with a diameter of thirty two feet. The first official lighting was on 8th December 1862; a red revolving light, powered by an incandescent oil burner, producing a bright flash every 45 seconds. The present light is generated by an electric powered 10000 watt lamp, surrounded by a rotating optic, which gives a light range of 23 miles. The light is white and flashes twice every five seconds. In 1995 the Hanois was converted from diesel to fully automatic solar power.
Sunset at Petit Port beach.