Hi Ross. I’m grateful for you sharing this video. Many thanks. Wife and I stopped at the Co-op garage a few years back. We were checking out the old Castel Hospital nearby where my dad worked.
Yes, there are several places in Guernsey where you can hire a car apart from the airport. Some options include local car rental companies in St. Peter Port and other areas around the island. It’s also worth checking with hotels, as some offer car rental services or have partnerships with car hire companies.
@livinginguernsey thank you...I'll do a bit of research. Any you may recommend? I'd like to give money to independent rentals rather than the giants but obviously don't want to be robbed with loads of added costs
A little bit off topic. The first thing I noticed was the Ship and Crown pub when you drove off the pier. Why did this stand out to me? This would explain why an American who has never been ro Guernsey faithfully follows this channel. You were not my first You Tube channel I found in my quest to learn what I could about Guernsey. I was a big fan of the book The Guernsey Literary. Like many other readers I devoured it , reading it, rereading it, listening to it read on Audible and then the film which I revisit from time to time. I was intrigued. I started looking at Estate Agents online. Swoffers had a TH-cam video that traced a lot of the places mentioned in the book, and /or movie(they differed). The Swoffers video mentioned The Crown hotel (circa1946)which is now the Ship and Crown pub. I recognized it in your video today. That Swoffers video also took you through many of the lanes mentioned in the movie and/or book in St Martin. That was how I came to be so intrigued by St Martin. Of course the film was not shot in Guernsey, rather in the coastal village of Clovelly in Devon. Thank you Ross for bringing the island to life for me. PS. I also had a bollard take out a driver's side mirror as I tried to inch as close as can be to get to an unmanned bank window. I got a little too close. But it was in the US not in Guernsey.😉
Also, might be an idea to mention about what it means when people flash their lights, as we use it differently to how it's described in the Highway Code
Here in NZ we have signs at all junctions. STOP at a yellow line - Giveway at a white line. I don't suppose you would have room for signs they are pretty big - often at the side of the road and/or in the middle. Giveway you just slow down and look both ways a keep going if no-one coming. Stop means just that - stop - and you can be fined heavily for failing to. Great vid Ross.
It might be an idea to point out that in Guernsey the yellow line at a junction means Stop Give way. Where as in the UK a double solid white line at a junction means stop and a double dashed white line means Give Way.
Oh god yes, had a door mirror collision a few months ago. Took a weird route on the way to the airport thanks to Google maps. Found myself down a narrow lane. Another guy in a car came the other way so I pulled as far over as I could and stopped, almost touching a granite wall on my left. The other guy attempted to drive through and hit my mirror. No damage luckily. he didn't stop though, just drove off. 🙄 I had no idea what the yellow arrow meant when I first moved to Guernsey.
Yea there’s lot of people flying around here at the max speed of 35mph. Like the driver of a 500bhp Ferrari that flew past me the other day. His 35 mph seemed so much faster.
Didn’t smash my wing mirror *off* but did smash it driving along towards grammar school and I know the cars coming the other way heard me scream in shock! Never busted a tyre tho - I have only ever driven small cars and I think I’ve only mounted the pavement about three times in the 7 years I’ve been driving
Lovely video! I’m sure when I first started coming to go and see that the petrol stations are closed on a Sunday? As for driving stories definitely a few the worst was just a bit further down from where you were driving they used to be a hotel I was visiting my friends who lived opposite and she was direct to my car which was a company car so reversed that was a drive across the road and then probably peeled the whole of the trim of the passengers front and rear doors. It was a company car and I was really worrying myself as I had to call my boss but he was really cool about it.
Hi Ross, nice trip despite the rain. Back in the days you couldnt get fuel on Sundays! Do you still remember that? Not sure when it changed, think about 25 years ago.
Many years ago I hired a Ford Fiesta while I stayed on the island. Put a fivers worth of petrol in and drove it for a week. Don’t think the fuel needle moved! 😅
Hi Ross. I’m grateful for you sharing this video. Many thanks. Wife and I stopped at the Co-op garage a few years back. We were checking out the old Castel Hospital nearby where my dad worked.
Can I just mention about the filter in turn at junctions. Bit nerve wracking at first, but brilliant idea and wish we had this in the U.K.
Really good idea, don't really work when tourists come over and don't listen to the provided information. It causes far two many accidents
Don't know if I want to drive there lol 😅 scary biscuits
Hi Sinead, lol it’s not to bad once you get used to it😂
Looking forward to visiting the island next week. Are there other car hirers other than the airport?
Yes, there are several places in Guernsey where you can hire a car apart from the airport. Some options include local car rental companies in St. Peter Port and other areas around the island. It’s also worth checking with hotels, as some offer car rental services or have partnerships with car hire companies.
@livinginguernsey thank you...I'll do a bit of research. Any you may recommend? I'd like to give money to independent rentals rather than the giants but obviously don't want to be robbed with loads of added costs
A little bit off topic. The first thing I noticed was the Ship and Crown pub when you drove off the pier. Why did this stand out to me? This would explain why an American who has never been ro Guernsey faithfully follows this channel. You were not my first You Tube channel I found in my quest to learn what I could about Guernsey. I was a big fan of the book The Guernsey Literary. Like many other readers I devoured it , reading it, rereading it, listening to it read on Audible and then the film which I revisit from time to time. I was intrigued. I started looking at Estate Agents online. Swoffers had a TH-cam video that traced a lot of the places mentioned in the book, and /or movie(they differed). The Swoffers video mentioned The Crown hotel (circa1946)which is now the Ship and Crown pub. I recognized it in your video today. That Swoffers video also took you through many of the lanes mentioned in the movie and/or book in St Martin. That was how I came to be so intrigued by St Martin. Of course the film was not shot in Guernsey, rather in the coastal village of Clovelly in Devon. Thank you Ross for bringing the island to life for me.
PS. I also had a bollard take out a driver's side mirror as I tried to inch as close as can be to get to an unmanned bank window. I got a little too close. But it was in the US not in Guernsey.😉
Hi Carol, how very interesting. Thanks for sharing 👍🇬🇬
Hi
Looking really good ; Louis schiavo , Manchester .
Thanks Louis 🇬🇬
As always, Ross delivers a lesson on how to do a relaxed drive along correctly - paced and informative.
Glad you think so!
I smashed wing mirrors a few times, once with a police car going down one of the more narrow roads, easily done.
Also, might be an idea to mention about what it means when people flash their lights, as we use it differently to how it's described in the Highway Code
Good idea Dale👍
Here in NZ we have signs at all junctions. STOP at a yellow line - Giveway at a white line. I don't suppose you would have room for signs they are pretty big - often at the side of the road and/or in the middle. Giveway you just slow down and look both ways a keep going if no-one coming. Stop means just that - stop - and you can be fined heavily for failing to. Great vid Ross.
Very interesting 🤨
It might be an idea to point out that in Guernsey the yellow line at a junction means Stop Give way. Where as in the UK a double solid white line at a junction means stop and a double dashed white line means Give Way.
Good idea Chris
Oh god yes, had a door mirror collision a few months ago. Took a weird route on the way to the airport thanks to Google maps. Found myself down a narrow lane. Another guy in a car came the other way so I pulled as far over as I could and stopped, almost touching a granite wall on my left. The other guy attempted to drive through and hit my mirror. No damage luckily. he didn't stop though, just drove off. 🙄
I had no idea what the yellow arrow meant when I first moved to Guernsey.
Oh wow!
Yea there’s lot of people flying around here at the max speed of 35mph. Like the driver of a 500bhp Ferrari that flew past me the other day. His 35 mph seemed so much faster.
Didn’t smash my wing mirror *off* but did smash it driving along towards grammar school and I know the cars coming the other way heard me scream in shock!
Never busted a tyre tho - I have only ever driven small cars and I think I’ve only mounted the pavement about three times in the 7 years I’ve been driving
Lovely video! I’m sure when I first started coming to go and see that the petrol stations are closed on a Sunday? As for driving stories definitely a few the worst was just a bit further down from where you were driving they used to be a hotel I was visiting my friends who lived opposite and she was direct to my car which was a company car so reversed that was a drive across the road and then probably peeled the whole of the trim of the passengers front and rear doors. It was a company car and I was really worrying myself as I had to call my boss but he was really cool about it.
Never visited the Island but it is on my list of places to visit sometime in my life, enjoy your video's as it's a good insight.
Thanks for watching!
Hi Ross, nice trip despite the rain. Back in the days you couldnt get fuel on Sundays! Do you still remember that? Not sure when it changed, think about 25 years ago.
I just remember not being able to buy fuel on a Sunday
Does the low speed limits keep accidents at a minimal.
yes most of the time
Ross can ask Y you have a van on an island that a lot of roads are more footpaths are you a tradesman 👍
Yes I need my van for my job👍
Just out of interest what are you paying for petrol recently?
Whiteway Motors has seen an 18p per litre increase on unleaded fuel, from 161ppl to 179ppl.
@@livinginguernsey more than the present price in the uk....£1.69/litre at the mo
Many years ago I hired a Ford Fiesta while I stayed on the island. Put a fivers worth of petrol in and drove it for a week. Don’t think the fuel needle moved! 😅
Silly question…. Is fuel piped onto the island or brought by ship?