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Walk This Way! in April for Jersey Hospice Care…

In celebration of the arrival of Spring, this is a great way to get more active, enjoy the lighter days, and get out and about with family and friends.

WHAT IS THE CHALLENGE?

Take your pick! All we encourage you to do is walk every day for 30 days between 1 – 30 April. But everyone is different so here are some ideas for how you can take on the challenge:

• Walk a mile every day for 30 days.
• Walk 10,000 steps every day for 30 days.
• Challenge friends and family to see who can walk the most steps during the month.
• Sign up as a team of 4 and challenge another team (think inter-office or inter-firm rivalry!) to see who can walk the most steps during the month. You could also choose a destination that you could aim to ‘walk’ to – for example, a team of 4 could cover 660 miles during the month (based on 10,000 steps a day) which would take them as far as Denmark or Spain! So where could you walk to?!

You can walk whenever you like – so whether it’s as the sun is rising to start the day off right, or when it’s setting to celebrate the end of the day, your commute to and from work, to collect shopping, walk the dog, in your lunch hour, or when the children are in bed – the timing is up to you and what fits in with your day!

You can use it as a good excuse to explore all corners of the island with these self guided walking routes from Visit Jersey:

North Coast  —  South Coast  —  East Coast  —  West Coast

And some other walks to give you inspo:

Walks from dawn to dusk

Woodland walks

Buggy friendly walks

Coast to Coast walks

WHAT DOES IT COST TO TAKE PART?

Adult: £10

Child (Under 16): £5

Team of 4: £40

Something strange and delightful has been happening at Hamptonne over the winter!

Do you believe in magic? A visit to Hamptonne and La Hougue Bie may just change your mind.

Something strange and delightful has been happening there over the winter. Les P’tits Faîtchieaux, or little folk, are back and they have been busy creating a new home. In fact, they have been so busy, we think there could be a whole village!

We hope the fairies will stay for some time and we’d like them to settle in properly before being visited by your little people, so take the opportunity to visit them from the end of January.

Forty talented photographers from Jersey and Guernsey have contributed to this wonderful exhibition, which is the first to take place in our new museum space at Hamptonne.

More than 200 images, printed on banners, capture the incredibly rich biodiversity we have in the Channel Islands – from birds, insects and mammals, to wildflowers, fungi and sea life, with a focus particularly upon Jersey.

Meet Rose Le Brun, the Bouonnefemme at Hamptonne, who will let you in on local secrets and village gossip

Rose’s predecessor, Old Maud, had been at Hamptonne for years, but she travelled to St Aubin to see family and never returned. Perhaps the plague got her – they had a lot of it down there.

Rose was born in the parish of St Lawrence in 1606 and lived in the Vingtaine du Coin Motier, where Hamptonne House stands, all her life. She serves as housekeeper for Jurat Laurens Hamptonne, who himself witnessed Rose lugging a large poutchie of apples up the hill, and thought her constitution would be fitting to take charge of his household.

Meet the Bouonnefemme at Hamptonne from Tuesday to Friday from 10am to 4pm (except first Friday of the month when the performance will be on a Saturday)

If meeting the Bouonnefemme is going to be the highlight of your trip to Hamptonne Country Life Museum, please call +44 (0) 1534 863 955 before you visit to check that performances are confirmed for that date.

Want to find out more about the Castle’s history?  Take a free tour with one of our volunteer guides

TOUR TIMES

Tours last approx. 1 hour. Our tours are free of charge (normal entry fee applies).

The meeting point for your tour is the ticket desk.

Tours are subject to change, if a tour is to to be the highlight of your visit to Mont Orgueil Castle please call +44 (0)1534 853 292 to confirm the site tour is going ahead.

Want to find out more about Hamptonne’s history?  Take a free tour with one of our volunteer guides

Tour times

Tours last approx. 1 hour. Our tours are free of charge (normal entry fee applies).

The meeting point for your tour is by the ticket desk

Tours are subject to change, if the tour of Hamptonne is to be the highlight of your visit, please call +44 (0) 1534 863 955 to confirm the site tour is going ahead.

Friday Dinner: 7 – 9.30 pm
Saturday Dinner: 7 – 9.30 pm
Sunday Lunch: 12.30 – 3 pm

At: The Bay Restaurant, St Brelade’s Bay Hotel

Relax, dine & enjoy the sea views to the sophisticated sound of Tenor
Saxophone & Guitar! Jersey’s talented Bossa Basseline Duo play tunes
you’ll love, from Pop to Jazz, Swing, Latin & Love-Songs!

‘Your Duo’s brilliant! We love live music & what you do is really
special.’

‘It’s been so lovely to hear your fantastic music – it’s been so
enjoyable – you’ve made our night!’

Tel: 01534 746141 to book your table
Email: [email protected]