This week let's take a stroll to the ends of the world, Goury....
Located to the West, The Hague is particularly exposed to all offshore winds. It discovers coastal landscapes of austere grandeur, vast moors of heather and gorse, jagged coasts and high cliffs, which contrast with the bocage of the interior of the country bordered by embankments, hedges and walls. of stones.
Sportsman or passionate about hiking and walking, you have the opportunity to discover this nature all along du GR 223 ; The path of the Customs officers.
This white and red marking will help you discover extraordinary landscapes. It refers to the routes of GR® 223.
One of the original characteristic features of the landscape of the Hague peninsula are the walls surrounding the fields.
The stone walls dry areas reflect the relationship that the Hagard has with nature. Built with patience and know-how, they are sometimes crowned with hawthorn or blackthorn. Made up of large and small interlocking stones, simply stacked or mounted in clay, they are often topped with a stone crown. The wall is high enough to mark the boundaries of the field and low enough to allow you to shake hands with your neighbor.
Always surrounded by a white swell, more or less strong, the Goury lighthouse or also called the La Hague lighthouse. It sits at the very end of La Hague, in Auderville. Fifty meters high, the Goury lighthouse was built from 1834 to 1837 800 meters from the Cape of the Hague on the rock called “the Gros du Raz”. It was put into service in 1837, and the last guards left the place in 1990 after its atomization.
The lighthouse signals le Raz Blanchard, one of the strongest tidal currents in Europe, between Cape de la Hague and the Channel Island of Alderney, as well as the northern entrance to the Passage de la Déroute leading to the coast of Island of Jersey. THE Raz Blanchard capable of reaching speeds of 12 knots, or more than 22 km/h, during high equinox tides.
The port of Goury is a beaching port sheltered from westerly winds. A few fishermen practice coastal fishing there, but the activity of the port was much more important, its activity being maintained by the fight between customs officers and fraudsters.
On the port, enjoy the restaurant terrace O little crab from Goury for a gourmet break.
It is best known today for housing, since 1870, the lifesaving station of the National Sea Rescue Society . The current SNSM building dates from 1989, it is equipped with 2 launching lanes, the Mona Rigolet, the unsinkable lifeboat regularly called upon to rescue ships caught in the Raz Blanchard and off Cape Town.
When the door to the lifeboat station is open, do not hesitate to enter, inside sits the lifeboat the Mona Rigolet. You may find an SNSM volunteer there to share with you the story of sea rescue at Cape of La Hague.
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