Sunday 14^th. June 2015

It was a beautiful sunny day in Guernsey and so, following the recent torrential rain we have had, which tends to make cleaning easier, I took the opportunity to do the steps that go up westward from the road to Saint’s Bay and out at the top near to Saint’s Bay Hotel.

I had already done a number of them last week and considering the time it took me to do them, I knew I had my work cut out as I hoped to finish them off today. All of the steps had soil and weeds encroaching on them and with all this I set about the task of giving them a good clean.

As it was Sunday morning, with good weather, I thought it likely there would be a number of people coming past, and that was the case throughout the morning. I had runners, local walkers, foreign walkers from Holland, Belgium, Germany and the UK coming by and taking the time to chat and thank me for cleaning up the paths. One of the runners was particularly complementary as he ran past and emphasised how grateful he was for the work I was doing.

The area not only has steps but a longish stretch of concrete path and soak-away channels that were also blocked; all of these needed work to clear the encroaching vegetation and silt. I had to keep hydrated regularly as the sun was quite hot in the sheltered areas.

I am pleased to say that I managed to complete the 42 steps, concrete paths and the associated soak-aways during the morning session, and once the exposed concrete areas are dry the people who use the cliff paths regularly will benefit from their make-over.