Living Streets Guernsey Campaigns Postcards

Guernsey Country Walks greeting cards - 5 new cards for 2012

Five new cards have been added to the series - two are linked to the Longfrie Hotel, one to Cafe D'Escalier at the Gouffre, one to La Croix Guerin Cafe in St. Martin and the last is linked to the Sausmarez Park Cafe.

We shall be selling all our cards at the St. Martin's Parish Hall Farmers Market on Saturday 28th January - 9am until 12 noon.

Please do come and see us and support this fund raising venture.

Guernsey Country Walks greeting cards prove popular

Sales of our greeting cards are going well and in the first 4 months we have sold around 4,500 cards both directly to the public and through retail outlets.

We are extremely grateful to Peter de Sausmarez for allowing us to sell the cards at his Farmers Market and not charging us for the space. We attended the Farmers Market today (15th October) and made £117. The total sales from the three Farmers markets we have attended (we do one a month) is now £388.

Future plans for the project include three new designs next spring and a calendar for 2013.

Guernsey Country Walks Greeting cards launched

Living Streets Guernsey LBG launched its new range of greeting cards during the Photographic Festival event in the Old Quarter of St. Peter Port on 25th June.

The greeting cards are intended to celebrate Guernsey's beautiful countryside and, in particular, its Ruettes Tranquilles and green lanes. Guernsey is well known for its beautiful cliff paths and coastal views but there is also some lovely countryside in the centre of the island. Living Streets wants to encourage islanders and tourists to explore this lovely area.

The greeting cards depict a country scene on the front and inside there is a sketch map of a walk of about an hour which is linked to a local pub, cafe, restaurant or hotel where walkers can have lunch or stop off for coffee or tea.

There are nine cards in the series - each one with a different walk. So far the walks are in the parishes of St. Andrew, St. Pierre du Bois, Castel, Torteval and St. Saviour.

Pat Wisher, who designed the cards, and Val Rowland manned a stall in the Old Quarter to show off the new cards. Between 2pm and 5pm 212 cards were sold and there were many appreciative comments about the uniqueness of the cards.

The cards cost £1 each and they can be purchased from St. Peter's Post Office, The Coachhouse Gallery, Beekers at the Bridge, Lexicon and The Press Shop in Town, Guernsey Clockmakers at The Little Chapel and in the Guernsey Museums.

Each pub/cafe/hotel/restaurant featured in the cards also will be stocking its own card: Fleur du Jardin Hotel, Bella Luce Hotel, Imperial Hotel, Longfrie Inn, Last Post pub, Auberge du Val Hotel, Guernsey Pearl Centre, Le Chene Hotel.

If you would like more details about the cards please contact Pat Wisher on 01481 268088 or patwisher@cwgsy.net. There is also a document that you can download below which will show you each picture and an example of one of the walks.