Paddy Dillon is a prolific walker and guidebook writer, with over 70 books to his name and contributions to 30 other titles. He has walked all of Britain’s National Trails and several major European trails. He has also walked in Nepal, Tibet, Korea and the Rocky Mountains of Canada and the US. Paddy is a member of the Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild.

      Paddy has walked extensively around all the Channel Islands, delighting in island-hopping. While exploring Guernsey, Alderney, Sark and Herm he has walked around the coasts several times, enjoying urban promenades, sandy beach walks, cliff-top paths, rugged headlands and secluded coves. He has also penetrated far inland, along quiet traffic-calmed ruettes tranquilles and through intensively cultivated countryside.

      Other Cicerone guides by the author

      Irish Coastal Walks

      The Cleveland Way and the Yorkshire Wolds Way

      The GR5 Trail

      The GR20: Corsica

      The Great Glen Way

      The Irish Coast to Coast Walk

      The Mountains of Ireland

      The National Trails

      The North York Moors

      The Pennine Way

      The Reivers Way

      The Teasdale Way (Martin Collins; updated by Paddy Dillon)

      The South West Coast Path

      The Wales Coast Path

      Trekking in Greenland

      Trekking in the Alps (contributing author)

      Walking and Trekking in Iceland

      Trekking Through Mallorca

      Walking in County Durham

      Walking in Madeira

      Walking in Mallorca (June Parker; updated by Paddy Dillon)

      Walking in Malta

      Walking in the North Pennines

      Walking in Sardinia

      Walking on the Isle of Arran

      Walking on Jersey

      Walking on La Gomera and El Hierro

      Walking on La Palma

      Walking on Tenerife

      Walking the Galloway Hills

      © Paddy Dillon 2016

      Second edition 2016

      ISBN: 978 1 85284 838 5

      First edition 2011

      Printed in China on behalf of Latitude Press Ltd.

      A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

      All photographs are by the author.

       Portions of this guidebook include intellectual property of The States of Guernsey and are used herein by permission. Copyright © States of Guernsey 2016.

      Updates to this Guide

      While every effort is made by our authors to ensure the accuracy of guidebooks as they go to print, changes can occur during the lifetime of an edition. Any updates that we know of for this guide will be on the Cicerone website (www.cicerone.co.uk/838/updates), so please check before planning your trip. We also advise that you check information about such things as transport, accommodation and shops locally. Even rights of way can be altered over time.

      We are always grateful for information about any discrepancies between a guidebook and the facts on the ground, sent by email to [email protected] or by post to Cicerone, 2 Police Square, Milnthorpe LA7 7PY, United Kingdom.

      Front cover: Le Havre Gosselin, looking from Sark to Brecqhou

      CONTENTS

       Map key

       Overview map

       INTRODUCTION

       Location

       Geology

       Turbulent history

       Government

       Wildlife

       Protected areas

       Getting to Guernsey

       Who can go?

       Flights

       Ferries

       Tour operators

       When to go

       Accommodation

       Health and safety

       Food and drink

       Parlez-vous Franglais?

       Money

       Communications

       WALKING ON GUERNSEY

       What to take

       Waymarking and access

       Maps