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Living Streets Tranquillity Walk 2012 - Sunday 15th July
Starting at 2.30 at Pleinmont (Imperial Hotel)
A country walking challenge exploring
the lanes and green lanes of Torteval and St. Pierre du Bois. We will see the Moulin de Quateraine, the Silbe Nature
Reserve and the Golden Guernsey goats! The walk will be approximately 2 - 3 hours long with a halfway break at the Longfrie
Hotel.
Bus route 7 and 7A will take you to the Imperial Hotel.
For further details contact Pat Wisher on 268088
(patwisher@cwysy.net)
More on our website later.
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| The footpath through the golf course |
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| Walkers climb up from the Talbot Valley |
The Living Streets Tranquillity Walk 2011
Despite strong winds at Vazon,
53 people took part in this year's Tranquillity Walk which had been designed by Deputy Tom Le Pelley. Islanders,
tourists (not forgetting three dogs!) walked the 7 mile route around the Castel parish.
The idea of the
walk was to explore the lanes, green lanes and Ruettes Tranquilles in Guernsey's largest parish. There were eight
green lanes - many of which were new to walkers.
The route took us inland from the Vazon coast road through the
Grande Mare golf course using a green lane and then onwards towards Kings Mills and the Fauxquets Valley. Then back
down to the Talbot Valley and up again to the Fairfield and Saumarez Park and finally back down to the coast.
This
year we introduced a photographic competition for children under 16 with three topics: walkers, landscape, and close
up shots. Guernsey Photographics has donated three £20 vouchers for the best photograph in each category.
Judging will take part at the end of the month.
We would like thank everyone who supported Living Streets by joining
us on the Tranquillity Walk. All the proceeds will go towards the Baubigny Schools Pathway project - the route that
we have developed to enable St. Peter Port children to walk or cycle through the countryside to their schools in Baubigny.
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| Tom Le Pelley leads walkers out of Town |
Living Streets Tranquillity Walk 2010
The
challenge in 2010 was to walk from the Town Centre of St. Peter Port right across the centre of the island to L'Eree bay.
The walk took an almost car free route out of Town using the Les Petites Fontaines, Belmont Road and Rue a L'Or to the
Princess Elizabeth Hospital. It then used the beautiful lanes and Ruettes Tranquilles across the centre of the island
before descending to the west coast.
50 islanders (and two dogs!) took part with the first walkers arriving at
L'Eree within 2.5 hours. Many walkers had never walked through these lanes and seen the beautiful Guernsey countryside
in the centre of the island.
We raised just over £1,000 and we are hoping that this year's walk
will raise even more funds for our Baubigny Schools Pathway.
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