Rozel, Jersey

Found a great Portuguese restaurant in St Hellier, and felt much recuperated after a lazy morning on Monday. We decided to leave the marina when there was enough water for the sill, to let our French neighbours out, but also to travel round to an anchorage on the East coast which would give us shelter fromthe South Westerly winds. We headed for St Catherines Bay, negotiating the rocky Violet Bank that juts out 4 miles from Jerseys South East corner.
We sighted dolphins on the way, but they didn't come over to play, so was unable to tell if they were the bottlenose that reside around here.
Picked up a vacant mooring in St Catherins Bay, protected by a large breakwater to the north, the land to the West and South West, and a rocky reef to the South East. Unofortunatly we then heard a wind warning for strong winds from the south in the channel overnight, which would undoubtably mean southerly wind for us, although not so strong. This proved to be the case and although the wind did have a little west in it it did manage to send some swell over the reef, which meant anouther lumpy night. It was worst in the early morning when the wind died down but the boat laid to the swell which rolled us a little. So as sonn as we could manage we moved to the next Bay round and found some more protection, at the expense of poor holdng on the rocky ground for the anchor. but we got it dug in and had bit more sleep.
A hot sun burnt it's way through the heavy grey clouds, and by the time we got ashore at lunchtime the tourists were arriving in the sleepy little fishing village of Rozel. It was a lot more inviting than it first appeared at  8.30am. So We booked into the fish restaurant on the front for the evening, which means we'll be staying here tonight. There is not much else here other than the restuarant, a tea room, and the Hungry Man kiosk, but it's all we need. It now feels hot enough for a swim, shame I,ve just eaten a late breakfast!