Start out from the Tower and if the tide is out go down the slipway to the east
onto the shingle beach at Pembroke Bay. I walked across the bay avoiding
a rocky section on the seaward side, and approached >the
car park at Vale by clambering onto a long stone jetty and strolling inland.
We made our way to fort Le Marchant and along the wide sandy beach of
L'Ancresse bay, before stopping for our lunch at Fort Doyle. The Marina
at Beaucette is well worth a look into as it was blasted from an old quarry
during the seventies,from the viewpoint you are standing well above the moored boats. Keep near to the sea on these little
country lanes until you see the sign for the 5000-year-old Dehus Dolmen, which is one of the largest passage tombs on the Island and is
illuminated with an electric light. From the Dolmen go south and turn
towards the sea within five minutes, where after a short walk along the
shore you arrive at a well situated picnic spot with views across Bordeaux
harbour.As you approach the Castle at St Sampson you can follow a nice path between the castle and the sea
to arrive at the harbour side in St Sampson. If it could be said that
Guernsey had an industrial area the road that runs next to the
sea here would be it, but you are soon passed all that and walking on
a section of grassy common which runs between the road and the sea. It
is now a pleasant two-mile walk back to St Peter Port to complete the
circuit of the Island.
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