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Back 60 years in a day: three tickets to the Channel Islands
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As geo-political oddities go, the Channel Islands are some of
the more absurd. This group of islands shelters beneath the
protective wing of the Cotentin Peninsula, anchored firmly by
geology and culture to Normandy. But it is as if they have been
orphanned by the endless squabbling between nations, and have found
themselves in the care of a distant aunt, London. Attempts to make
Jersey and Guernsey, Alderney and Sark adhere to the image of
England have only half-worked. The result is a begui...
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Travel: Peakes and troughs It was on Sark that the tormented author of 'Gormenghast' found the peace to write. Fiona Sturges visited the island to find out why
The Independent - London
; Bigots, tax-dodgers, wife-beaters and Luddites. That sums up the people of Sark, right? After all, cars are outlawed, property can only be left to the oldest male child, and divorce is illegal. Well, who needs it when you can lawfully smack your wife into submission (just as long as you don't draw
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 "The Economist (US)")
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Grave affair. (Andre Gardes tries to take over Sark in the Channel Islands)
The Economist (US)
; NOT a lot happens on the island of Sark, situated between Guernsey and jersey in the Channel Islands, 80 miles south of Britain. Just three miles long and one-and-a-half across, Sark is British but governed more or less autonomously by its Seigneur, Mr Michael Beaumont, and parliament , the Court
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Travel: What price paradise? (pounds 1.79) Nerys Lloyd-Pierce finds sandy beaches, very yellow butter and real peace on the still-feudal Channel Island of Sark
The Independent - London
; Imagine renting an entire island for the piffling annual sum of pounds 1.79. And not some god-forsaken rain-lashed lump of rock in the back of beyond either, but an island lapped by translucent greeny-blue water, corralled by magnificent cliffs and peppered with enticing sandy beaches; an island
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SLEEPOVER: Stocks Island Hotel - A night on Sark
The Independent on Sunday
; Where is it? On Sark, an island in the English Channel which is 45 minutes by boat from Guernsey and famous for having no cars. On arrival in the harbour, take the "toast rack" (a trailer of seats pulled by a tractor) up the steep hill, from where you can walk, cycle or ride in a pony and trap to
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 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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THE LAST FEUDAL BARON; Unspoilt beauty: The island of Sark; and (left) its Seigneur Michael Beaumont Pictures: ALAMY and REX.
The Daily Mail (London, England)
; Byline: Geoffrey Levy FOR the 600 people who live there, and the thousands of tourists whovisit by boat in summer, it is a step back from the 21st century into anothertime. No street lights, no divorce, no noisy radios playing in public, dirtroads so dusty that people with contact lenses use
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