La Corbiere - Jersey

Walked along the old railway line to Corbiere this morning to visit the lighthouse, another stormy day with the headwind making it really difficult to stand up.

The tide was up and the sea was rough.

The name La Corbiere, first recorded in 1309 means place of the ravens or crows, in the 1850's Victor Hugo described it as 'the herdsman of the waves'. This south-west corner of the island had a fearsome reputation amongst sailors and was the scene of many wrecks.

The lighthouse, designed by Sir John Coode, was completed in November 1873 and was switched on the following April. It is build on a rock 500 yards from the shore and it was the world's first concrete lighthouse and cost just over £8000.
In good visibility the unmanned automatic light can be seen for 18 miles. The lighthouse is 35 feet high

On the side of the causeway a carved stone commemorates the assistant lighthouse keeper, Per Larbalestier who drowned trying to resuce a visitor who had been cut off by the tide on 28 May 1946.

Jumped on a bus to St Hellier and had a few more hours there