What a fantastic meal at The Trinity Arms last night. Very indulgent. So today a little walking was needed. St. Aubin bay was our destination where after a walk along the harbour side, where woodwork was being hastily painted and restaurants cleaned for the start of the season we beach-combed the beach exposed by the retreating tide. Scallop, whelk, limpet and cockle shells were scattered across the fine, washed sand.
When we're away we always collect shells and anything else we find
interesting on a beach for our shell jars and John's 'shelf of curiosities'
back at home. St. Aubin bay curves around to the St. Helier, where we
arrived on a dark drizzly evening five days ago. The area certainly looked
nicer today.
Everywhere oozes wealth here. John has taken quite a fancy to the island, especially as the maximum personal tax rate is 20%, and there are no capital gains or inheritance tax. Just one problem, he's already on the 20% tax band and he's a little short on the wealth required to be a resident! Later shopping at a Waitrose supermarket this afternoon he realised why you needed wealth. No Aldi or Lidl here.
We have spent most of
our time so far discovering the north and east of the island, so for our last
two days we have plans to venture over to the west. There's still so much to
see, and so little time.
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