Waking from a long sleep
‘The Sleeping Beauty’, by Victor Gilbert ONCE upon a time there was a website. It showed every promise of being a princess among websites and everybody who visited her, loved her. But she incurred the wrath of the bad fairy, called the ‘too many other things to do and too many other priorities’ fairy. So, […]
SPRINGING FROM SPRING HEIGHTS INTO AUGUST JUMPING
Stephen Lawson previews this year’s ST LAWRENCE HORSE SHOW, which will take place on 31 July and 1 and August NOW in its fourth year, the Spring Heights Jumping charity event attracted over 100 entries in the 9 classes for juniors and 4 classes for seniors, held on 6 June at ‘Tamarind’, St Peter, […]
Jersey’s butterflies decline but slower than UK
Orange tip butterfly, pictures by Richard Perchard A ten-year study of Jersey’s butterfly population has shown that overall the Island’s species have declined, but at a lower rate than the UK. The Department of the Environment has co-ordinated the Jersey Butterfly Monitoring Scheme (JBMS) for the last ten years, depending on a team of unpaid […]
WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES….
Before July 2014: Plemont with the derelict holiday camp Plemont transformed: 30 June 2015 Pictures by Chris Brookes IN July last year the States voted in favour of giving the National Trust a grant of £3.575m to help acquire the site at Plemont. Following that momentous decision the Trust completed the purchase of the site […]