Been now. Stayed at Gorey castle, recently restored and the best I've seen (and I've seen a few) enhanced by 3 of the towers carrying German OP's. Concrete hunting while coming in on the Seacat was fascinating and very tricky, it gave little idea of the sheer scale of the defences, nor how well-hidden they were.
Went to the underground hospital but found it disappointing, interesting structure but presented in the rather vapid 'PR' way that museums seem to aim for recently.
Met a pleasingly mad old chap & his wife on the saturday, both were present during the occupation (tales of cat-eating and turnip Jam) who directed us to Noirmont point and Corbiere point and from there to follow the coast... very good advice.
The OP tower and Battery at Noirmont are impressive but they pale when compared with the defences north of St. Ouens bay. If we'd followed our cries of 'Concrete!' every time another bunker/emplacement was spotted we'd have been there far longer than the several hours we managed.
Also along the beach at St. Ouens was a Bunker with a French Tank turret mounted on top (Char-b?) which contained the
Channel Islands Military Museum. which was a superb collection of militaria with some of the finest preserved examples of German & Allied kit i've ever seen anywhere, part owned by a chap who runs a militaria shop from the back of his clothes shop in St. Helier, very friendly bloke who helped add to 2 mates Kriegsmarine and Propoganda collections. He also sold our 13 year old companion his first piece of German Militaria (nice price, top bloke)...
If you visit be prepared to get lost on the bizarre roads and risk your life while looking at German defences perched on some of the most beautiful coastal cliffs I've ever seen. It's truly brought home to me that when I read an account of an assault on a battery it's not necesarily the handful of guns in a mud hole that my mind conjures but can also mean an emplacement the size of a small town riddled with large calibre guns,(many still there) impressive stuff.
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One of the Large OP towers is said to be being converted into holiday lets... so we may go back one day.
Jersey. Recommended... but it is quite a
strange place.
Cheers,
Adam