Good evening everyone, I hope you are all well and are enjoying reading my blog.

For this evening’s blog, I want to talk about Seymour tower in the Royal Bay of Grouville, have any of you ever walked out to it it’s a great walk however it needs to be done when the tide is ebbing.

Here’s a bit of info about the tower and when it was built.

Seymour Tower is a coastal defence tower built on a rocky tidal island called L’Avarison, located 2 km (1.25 miles) east of the shoreline of Jersey, an area included in Jersey’s South-East coast Ramsar site acquired by Jersey Heritage in 2006.

The tower was constructed in 1782 following the Battle of Jersey January 1781), it has since been used for self-catering accommodation in conjunction with Jersey Heritage.

An amazing feature of walking out here in the dark which again needs to be done with caution is the beautiful bioluminescence in the water found only in this part of Jersey between La Rocque harbour and Seymour, the bioluminescent worms are always a remarkable experience, best seen when there is no moonlight it’s like a scene from Avatar.

I’ve been out there many times day and night, one of my most successful shots was the milky way above the tower again the milky way is only visible at certain times of the year, as mentioned care needs to be taken when accessing this area at low tide as many people have been caught out by the incoming tide which can easily surround you.

Please find some of my favourite shots.

Until tomorrow.

Vince