The Natural Navigator» Alderney http://www.naturalnavigator.com Natural navigation, finding our way using nature. Sun, 25 Jul 2010 05:24:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 The Needles from the Air http://www.naturalnavigator.com/the-needles-from-the-air/ http://www.naturalnavigator.com/the-needles-from-the-air/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:16:09 +0000 admin http://www.naturalnavigator.com/?p=744 needles-isle-of-wight One of the advantages of flying to Alderney on such a small airplane (Britten Norman Trislander) was that you could see well out of both sides. Apparently they have special dispensation to fly this route with only one pilot. Next…

]]> needles-isle-of-wight One of the advantages of flying to Alderney on such a small airplane (Britten Norman Trislander) was that you could see well out of both sides. Apparently they have special dispensation to fly this route with only one pilot. Next time I might be tempted to sit nearer the front…

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This…

]]> fort-ile-de-raz We spent the weekend on Alderney. We went there to muck about on the beaches and we were not disappointed. The water is still fresh at this time of year, but I cannot think of an island with better beaches.

This is a photo taken looking out to the Fort from Longis Beach on the southeastern part of the island. Alderney is famous for its powerful tides and you can see how churned up the water is getting on the left halft of the picture, as it races across the causeway.

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