Les Îles de la Manche

There has to be some upside to getting up at 3am to be at the airport for a flight at 6:30am and this could be it- a beautiful red dawn over the southern uplands as His Lordship and I winged our way south to Jersey.
It was a bit unlucky that the view from our seat was obscured by one of the wings with the result that we only managed to see part of the display.

The colour should have rung a warning bell with us had we remembered the old proverb and the shepherds, but we didn't, and later got caught out in the rain which appears to follow us wherever we go.

There was a huge triathlon race on in StHelier today with roads closed around our hotel where the race finished.
This meant a rather chaotic check in with crowds of supporters gathered in the lobby and milling about the breakfast area.
Yes, we were in the hotel in time for an early breakfast!
I have added two extra photos just because I can!