Robin
Well-known member
Stopped as usual in St Peter Port on our way home last week from S Brittany (2 days longer than intended to try an sail ONE leg home at least on one tack...), not too impressed this year.
Woe Number One:-
Last year the water taxi was hit and miss, very unreliable, when we asked what the latest time we could get a ride back from the restaurant was we were told 'not sure if we will be about tonight or not, if you don't find us one of the harbour people will take you'. Since our return would coincide with the night rush into the marina we pumped up the inflatable rather than risk a long wait. We told Guernsey Tourist people on their boat show stand that if they licence a service it has to be available or don't bother and we'll use our dinghy, they said they had had numerous complaints and were looking for a new operator. This year it seemed like a new taxi service (different boat certainly) but after last year we used our own dinghy until we could be sure. Then when our departure was delayed a tide and we had deflated our tender we discover no taxi - apparently they just packed it all in.
Woe Number Two:-
Why was there a convention of the local drunks (up to 10) held daily on the north wall of the marina virtually the whole of every day we were there? The stench was sickening, no sign of the police either.
Woe Number Three:-
Rubbish piled up on the pontoon (outside ones) left by a departing sailing school boat remained there several days, only removed after I asked since rotten food was being blown around making it slippery.
Woe Number Four:-
Why can I not retrieve voicemail on my mobile nor send texts via GY Telecom - this is a business Island surely I cannot be the only one who finds this annoying, especially contrasted with the French system which is like being in the UK.
Woe Number Five:-
Why is VAT free so expensive? NASA VHF £250 (without VAT) versus around £200 (INC VAT) on the mainland. Does anyone in Guernsey buy from these people?
Woe Number Six:-
Walked to St Sampsons and stopped for lunch at Blind O'Reilly's Irish Pub for lunch. This was DISGUSTING, cod chips and peas (how difficult is that?), the fish would have done good duty as stones in the harbour wall, the peas were semi-cooked cheap frozen and the chips hard and dried out. Actually the last time I had food this bad was in Ireland, maybe the same chef.
PRAISE THOUGH:-
For Saltwater Restaurant on the Marina, our fourth visit since they opened and still very good.
Is this just us or did others find St Peter Port standard dropping?
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Woe Number One:-
Last year the water taxi was hit and miss, very unreliable, when we asked what the latest time we could get a ride back from the restaurant was we were told 'not sure if we will be about tonight or not, if you don't find us one of the harbour people will take you'. Since our return would coincide with the night rush into the marina we pumped up the inflatable rather than risk a long wait. We told Guernsey Tourist people on their boat show stand that if they licence a service it has to be available or don't bother and we'll use our dinghy, they said they had had numerous complaints and were looking for a new operator. This year it seemed like a new taxi service (different boat certainly) but after last year we used our own dinghy until we could be sure. Then when our departure was delayed a tide and we had deflated our tender we discover no taxi - apparently they just packed it all in.
Woe Number Two:-
Why was there a convention of the local drunks (up to 10) held daily on the north wall of the marina virtually the whole of every day we were there? The stench was sickening, no sign of the police either.
Woe Number Three:-
Rubbish piled up on the pontoon (outside ones) left by a departing sailing school boat remained there several days, only removed after I asked since rotten food was being blown around making it slippery.
Woe Number Four:-
Why can I not retrieve voicemail on my mobile nor send texts via GY Telecom - this is a business Island surely I cannot be the only one who finds this annoying, especially contrasted with the French system which is like being in the UK.
Woe Number Five:-
Why is VAT free so expensive? NASA VHF £250 (without VAT) versus around £200 (INC VAT) on the mainland. Does anyone in Guernsey buy from these people?
Woe Number Six:-
Walked to St Sampsons and stopped for lunch at Blind O'Reilly's Irish Pub for lunch. This was DISGUSTING, cod chips and peas (how difficult is that?), the fish would have done good duty as stones in the harbour wall, the peas were semi-cooked cheap frozen and the chips hard and dried out. Actually the last time I had food this bad was in Ireland, maybe the same chef.
PRAISE THOUGH:-
For Saltwater Restaurant on the Marina, our fourth visit since they opened and still very good.
Is this just us or did others find St Peter Port standard dropping?
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