Outdoor Guernsey

Our Autumn coasteering trips kicked off with a cracking weather day on Saturday!  We were joined by Liz and Martin from the UK who flew in especially for this trip and arrived at the Sark ferry just as we were boarding!  Introductions to the Guernsey contingent were completed on the pleasant ‘cruise’ over to Sark on the Sark Belle.

We were met by Leah and the Sark adventurers Sheila, Graham, Chris and Mark as we got off the ‘toast rack’ at the top of the hill.  First job was to put our order for food in with Kristina at the Petit Poule.  She was just taking delivery of two huge Seabass caught that morning so it was an easy decision!

After kitting up  in 5mm wetsuits and after finishing the introductions and briefings, we chose the Derrible head cavern route as our days adventure. After a quick stop at the shop to load up with snickers and bottles of water in our buoyancy aids and then a very warm walk to Derrible bay, The guys were ready to get straight into the water.

The next hour was spent in Derrible bay exploring the Geo’s and playing in the swell in some of the cave’s filled with water.  We timed our approach to the Derrible head cavern entrance so that we would be there as it opened.  Always great fun and a little scary as you pop under the water to reappear into a previously unseen chamber.

We explored the Caverns and tested our nerve on some fantastic jumps around the headland.  Everyone eventually tried the jumps, even those with shaking legs! then continued our journey on to Petit Derrible and eventually to Creux harbour with everyone now confident to pick their own routes over the rocks and gullies. Our good humoured group finished the trip passing through the harbour mouth much to the bewilderment of a few folk.

The walk up the hill soon had us looking forward to our meal at Petit Poule so a quick change was in order and we were soon reliving some of the highlights of the day around the courtyard table with a cold beer and fresh seabass, heaven!

Outdoor Guernsey will be running weekly coasteering trips to Sark on Saturdays until December.  We will normally catch the 10am ferry out from Guernsey and return on the 5pm from Sark.  Cost per person £80 includes ferry, harbour transport, meal at Petit Poule and a 3-4 hours coasteering according to the route.