Fort Clonque

In December 2006, a group of us travelled to the Channel Island of Alderney to stay in a Napoleonic Fort, Fort Clonque. It was as awesome as it sounds.

We travelled there by what appeared to be a flying bus from Southampton, direct. The Fort is separated from the mainland by a causeway that can be underwater at high tide, so we were sure to take the following table (although it wasn't actually ever covered):

Tide Tables

11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th
0507 2.28m 1057 5.06m 1747 2.21m 2338 4.69m	0554 2.51m 1148 4.81m 1836 2.43m	0033 4.52m 0648 2.67m 1250 4.63m 1930 2.54m	0136 4.45m 0751 2.70m 1357 4.56m 2030 2.53m	0241 4.50m 0859 2.61m 1503 4.62m 2132 2.41m	0341 4.66m 1005 2.39m 1603 4.77m 2230 2.20m	0433 4.88m 1102 2.09m 1654 4.96m 2321 1.95m	0520 5.12m 1151 1.78m 1740 5.17m

Links

• Landmark Trust Handbook entry (and those people's summary)
• Map of Alderney
• Other people's photos: FlickrDelusions; niceguysean; Andrew Findlay, 2000 and Andrew Findlay, 2002

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