• I had a great day today visiting Melrose, the junior department of Ladies’ College, Amherst Primary Schools and Le Murier Secondary School in the afternoon.

    The astonishingly talented Grace played me some piano at Melrose. She is obviously going to go far – a very talented multi-instrumentalist.

    Lucy, from the School’s Library Service, took me to see the Little Chapel which is covered in shells and mosaics of broken china. It’s the most wonderfully quaint and inspiring place. It’s in a very peaceful situation overlooking a field in which a few Guernsey cows chomp nonchalantly at the lush, green grass.

  • I’m very tired tonight having been to three schools again today (St Martins, Castell and Vauvert Primary Schools) and then an extra evening session at the Grammar School with Simon James and Paul Dowswell.

    Simon gave us a wonderful rendition of Baby Brains. It’s rare to see other authors performing. I learned a great deal from watching him and seeing how he interacts with his audience. He might have encouraged me to be a bit braver and try some things I’ve always been shy of.

    Anyway, you will be pleased to know that we had dinner together afterwards and have managed to put most of the world to rights.

    Photo of the Guernsey Book Week gang.

  • I did a nice video of St Peter Port this afternoon but I’m having trouble uploading it si I’ll have to wait until I get home.

    Today I went to Haute Capelles primary school, St Andrew’s primary school, and Vale junior school.

    At Haute Capelles I spotted this clock in the gym. The bars on it made me think that time is precious in Guernsey and they like to keep it well protected. It certainly seems to move at a different pace here. They drive much faster, or that’s the way it seems, maybe it’s just the narrow roads that zip past at a faster pace.

    Other things move at a slower pace than the mainland. I suspect they wait and see if things work in other places before they introduce them here. New ideas are like viruses, so you need to be sure they are benign before you introduce them into such a small community.