Jersey Passage, United Kingdom 2023

Date: 12th June 2023

Travelled: 120 nms from Poole to Saint Helier, Jersey   

Visited:  Quick look at Guinsey  

Stayed: Hideaway RV. €25, N49.20130, W02.16660  

Budget: 21 days @ €106 per day

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After spending the afternoon wandering Poole looking for a non-chemist shop line of shampoo for someone special we eventually find our way back to the Hymer and start thinking about a stop for the night. Our data-base suggests a couple of places, the closest to the ferry being in a football field car-park about 3 kms from the ferry terminal.

So we wander out and find ourselves a spot with an escape route and settle in. It’s not the most salubrious place but it‘s free.

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It’s an early start next morning as we need to be checked in at the ferry terminal before 8am for a 9am departure. Loading ferries is somewhat time consuming for motorhomes. Due to height and length we normally find we are last to load, there are only a few motorhomes but lots of small campers.

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The sea is calm just how Pam likes it. Reading the blurb on the Condor Liberation, the vessel was built in WA, carries 800+ passengers and 250 vehicles with a maximum cruise of 40 knots. It really hoots along.

We do a quick stop in Guernsey, where about 3-400 people and a few cars disembark and where off again for Jersey.

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Only a few minutes after docking in Jersey, we are waved off the ferry and into the afternoon traffic of Saint Helier. Until a couple of weeks ago you needed to apply for a permit to bring a vehicle to Jersey, but that restriction was dropped. The last thing they need here is more cars.

Hideaway our RV stop is only a few miles around the bay, true to its name it was a little difficult to find as our GPS insisted we should turn left off a cliff. Coming back down the hill it’s easier to spot and we have soon settled in.

More on Jersey as we explore it…

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Michael + Pam