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Best and Worst in St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands*

St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands Triumphs and Tragedies

Favourite Building

• My old school- Elizabeth College - yes really!
• Savouy House
• Castle Cornet is so gorgeous, just sit at the bus terminus and look at it.
• victoria tower is lovely(and you used to be able to walk up it. in 2003, it was closed for building work. the key is available from the fire station opposite). the eyebrow house in st peters (before it got knocked down)
• There's so many of these. Castle Cornet is one of my favourite I just wish that it could be done up so that it was more like Edinburgh Castle. The whole of the seafront is beautiful, apparently, coming into Guernsey on a boat and seeing the town front rising in front of you is awe inspiring and one of the most beautiful harbours in the world.
• The Pizza shop. its green
• MY HOUSE
• The Cock & Bull, Cornet Street
• Le Trepied Dolmen
• Snail House - near cliffs at Le Gouffre.
• The imperial
• Castle Cornet
• There are some lovely old farmhouses in the 'more exclusive' parts of Guernsey. ie, the south, where all the people are rich and bigoted and prejudiced and overly proud.
• Sausmarez Manor, St Martin
• Castle Cornet - a historic landmark situated at St Peter Port Harbour, it welcomes visitors by sea to the most georgeous place in the world to live (well I think so!). It's open to the public, and has a superb Maritime Museum, as well as hosting outdoor theatre during the summer months.
• Castle Cornet - living history. Vale Castle - see the music section for the reason!

Demolish It Now Building

• everywhere make it more friendly for the kids and kick out all the rich snobs
• The RBS building - I just don't like it!
• frossard house
• anything tom scott owns.... the new housing by checkers...
• I really don't like the outside of the new court building because it is grey, dull and ugly
• My Works
• Custard Castle (States of Guernsey Sir Charles Frossard House) - I don't agree with calling it Custard Castle though as I like Custard.
• La Mare De Carterat Secondary...no, wait, its so old, I'm scared I'll be sitting in French and it'll demolish its self. School legend says its held together with old chewing gum stuck in the nooks and crannies
• has anyone mentioned charles frossard house?
• Sir Charles Frossard House - I don't know what possessed the States to build this, it's awful!! Totally out of character
• Just demolish it all please
• The Eyebrow House!
• YOUR HOUSE
• Sir Charles Frossard House (The Custard Castle)
• States Offices - Sir Charles Frossard House.
• the grammar school sir charles frossard house
• It just has been flattened - The Royal Hotel
• Custard Castle, the States Of Guernsey's Civil Service Board...Frossard House, is a dusgusting purple and yellow building. Flatten it, along with most of the States Deputies!
• Typical - a goverment (known as the States of Guernsey) office block - known to the locals as Custard Castle - Sir Charles Frossard House sadly is not a fitting tribute to the fine Guernseyman it's named after!
• Sir Charles Frossard House built by the states of Guernsey its awful

The Best Things

• nothing
• The lifestyle - where else can you leave your office at 5 and be anchored off a sandy beach on a small island a few minutes later. (assuming you have a boat). Low Tax (that's jinxed it now)
• drinkin
• low crimerate.friendly people.loads of nice beaches.
• summer evening at dusk, sunsets from the fairy ring at pleimont
• Local birds, doing their best to increase the gene pool, all the best for outside workers, come and try them- some are quite good and a few are alright looking as well.
• beaches, sun, sand, weather & politeness of most locals
• The way everyone knows each other (thats bad if your doing something you shouldnt be though...believe me)
• Guernsey girls are notoriously shall we say 'fun lovin' nudge nudge wink wink. It is possibly due to to the constantly changing population of Irish, Scottish, Welsh builders and the fun to be had with us randy blokes away from home, compared to the locals (affectionately known as 'donkeys'). And there's nothing wrong with 'loving fun'!
• the beaches for sure
• The beaches - some of the cleanest in the UK The people - a true Guernsey person will never not talk to somebone (unless they're from Jersey) The weather - so hot in summer that you just feel like you want to flake out on a beach The views - breathtaking!! No VAT - except in Marks and Spencer Beach Parties - You know that summer has finally arrived when the first beach party of the year is held Fortresses and Martello Towers - although built by the Germans during the Occupation these are dotted all over the island and mark our history
• a lor of redevelopment going on...about *1£@6(€! time liberation day - the only day ever to be a proud guern!
• Me
• Grammar School
• POT
• No crime, Good living conditions, Cheap booze (duty free!)
• Cliff walks, scenery, making friends.
• guernsey people
• The fresh fish shop on the harbour side
• The Summertime
• Small and Friendly go out you'll always see at least one of your mates.
• The fact that it is a close knit community. The fact that you could still knock on someone's door at any hour of the night if you had broken down or whatever and you would be safe. The crime level is very low, unless we are talking about certain estates like The Bouet or Rue Jehannet. The people are mostly friendly and accomodating. The beaches and the fantastic views. The fact that people you don't know will stand and talk to you like they've know you all their life. The VAT free prices (apart from M&S) and the way that Guernsey is still an exclusive little island that is safe. The fact that we have local shops where people will call you by your first name and talk about your family.
• Lack of crime. Food. The veiw from the Rockmount Hotel.
• The great number of varied walks one can take at a moment's notice - as soon as the sun appears - and all within a short drive away. For a writer Guernsey has an invitingly peaceful air, conducive to musing.
• There are no Jersey people!!!!!!!!
• I think terrorvison are playing on April the 1st, which seems to be stirring up a lot of interest for some reason ?
• Being away from "The Rat Race".............& still having £1 notes !!
• The people - some of the friendliest in the world. The scenery - a floral paradise mixed with (mainly)tasteful buildings - many built with local granite stone. Attractive cost of living, and VAT free shopping.
• Brilliant nightlife - just go out & pub-crawl through St Peter Port on a Friday or Sat'day night - you'll be bound to make a friend or two!

The Worst Things

• everything
• Cost of getting on and off the island. Too many cars. House prices.
• the weather
• The worst things? Well where do you start. Guernsey is THE most boring place on the planet bar none. All it's 'night clubs' (or more accurately 'disco's' cos that's how dated they are) have about as much atmosphere as Mars. Remember, this is the place that thinks a Frank Sinatra theme bar is cutting edge! It would be quite fun if the local populace didn't think they were sophisticated socialites and accepted that they live on a small insular rock in the middle of nowhere which everyone has heard of but noone can point out on a map. Do yourself a favour, never, ever, ever, ever visit until you're over 55 and about to retire. Actually, if you want to have something to do in your retirement, don't even do that. Oh and Vale Earth Fair (as mentioned above). Not bad if you ignore the fact that it's on at the same time as Reading and Leeds festivals. Now let's see....A Guernsey festival? Reading festival? Hmmmmm what a choice!
• cost of living and rent.no mcdonalds.
• English people coming over, whingeing about house prices, mispronouncing names (Can yez tell uz de way ter Pea-Tit-Bott?), making jokes about being inbred, not appreciating ormers (All the more for us!), moaning about patois (When vey aww sahnd lahk vis innit) and generally being a nuisance. And then trying to change things. English people who do none of this are perfect.
• its all good in wellington
• Bridgies, ther worse than townies cs they no they'l get beaten up in town as ther too little
• The extreme lack of shops. Just TRY and shop in Guernsey...I dare you
• Dont come to Guernsey if: 1/ You get sunburnt easily 2/ You can't swim 3/ Your scared of fast descending fog
• How come 'Guernsey locals' are listed in both the best and the worst things? If some of you hate Guernsey so much why don't you clear out and leave it to us who know when we're well off?
• Drug Abuse - A lot of young people are taking drugs now, i'm no saint but heroin is not a good drug and it will ruin your life House Prices - Exorbitant!! A decent one bedroom flat will cost about £150,000 Flight/Ferry Prices - How come it's cheaper to travel to Guernsey from the UK than the other way around?
• a lor of redevelopment going on...about *1£@6(€! time no parking spaces
• You
• Elizabeth College
• Price of it
• just to say whoever wrote the inbred part i would like to meet and i also think that my freinds would like to. just so that we can send him back to whereva he came from with a few limbs missing.
• Oppressive boredom, The Guernsey Evening Press (except for any articles written by Miss Anna Brehaut)
• Calling guernsey part of the county of the channel islands, there is no such thing. from a crapaud
• Traffic (isn't it everwhere?)
• english people
• getting to the mainland without having to take out a mortgage to cover the travel costs1
• Then Wintertime
• The house prices. Don't expect to get anything here for under £110,00. And if you do, it will be a tiny hole masquerading as a one bedroomed flat in St Peter Port. The increase of teenage pregnancies and drug usage. Some of the barmy idea's the States pass and allow to happen.
• Guernsey locals. House prices. Flat beer. No Celtic. Inbred dumbwits who shag their neices. The Castel Hospital. It's tiny. Flight prices. Ormoughs or however you spell it. The smaell of Garlic. Patios. People driving Ferrari's when the speed limit is 30MPH.
• The cost of housing.
• The heavy separations between people at the public schools and people at the states schools.
• The cleeks and freaks (there are plenty) Also most people are inbred (but not quite as much as Alderney and Sark)
• Not being able to buy petrol on a Sunday, due to an old local law. Too many cars (a 40 sq km island with 40,000 motor vehicles!)
• A stringent police force. A good & a bad thing. Never try taking drugs into the island - you'll get busted! If you want to spend the weekend in jail & get fined £400 then thrown off the island, give it a try.

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