The
Devil's Hole
By Bluebottle
On the north coast of Jersey* lies the Devil's Hole.
Known before Victorian times as Le Creux de Vis, meaning 'spiral cave', the
coastal cave underwent change when the roof collapsed, creating a crater known
as the Devil's Hole. In 1851 French cutter La Josephine was
wrecked off the Jersey coast, with the broken figurehead found washed into the
bottom of the hole through the tunnel connecting it with the sea.
Local Captain John Giffard carved the figurehead into
the shape of the devil, adding arms and legs, and erected it nearby, turning
the hole into a tourist attraction and corrupting the name 'Le Creux de Vis'
into Devil's Hole. It is said that when the crater was smaller, when fierce
storm waves crashed into the hole below the air inside the cave was pressurised
and made roaring noises. In 2006 the Devil's Hole was given to the National
Trust for Jersey.
*Note for US readers: This is 'old' Jersey, not New
Jersey. Its real housewives are smart enough to avoid tv cameras.
Beauty
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by Galaxy Babe
When not falling into fjords, our intrepid explorers
found time to stop and admire the tulips in this scenic country.
Quote
of the Day:
The world is complicated and cannot be governed by
people living inside a hallucination without eventually courting profound
disaster. Someone has to think things through, at some level.
Will Stancil
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The Llanigon Hay Throwing Competition
The Winning Throw
By Robbie Stamp
It's the 64th year for the Llanigon Show.
Our reporter (Robbie) was there. Hay was tossed. With force. Farmers showing
off. Impressively high toss.
kthxbai, Dmitri Gheorgheni, Editor
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