Jersey War Tunnels

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The Jersey War Tunnels are a stark reminder of the German occupation of Jersey during World War II.

It’s been awhile since I posted here. Sorry. If you don’t already, please follow us on Facebook where we tend to do more updates – https://www.facebook.com/songa.sail

A quick catchup on what’s been happening …

  • May 1, 2024: we moved onto Songa amid some ongoing commissioning issues. We started preparing the boat to leave.
  • July 17, 2024: we left La Rochelle, France to cruise north.
  • We started having random issues with the generator as we cruised along the French coast in the Bay of Biscay. Visited some islands and were generally enjoying ourselves, but afraid to go too far because of the generator. The generator is critical to the function of our boat.
  • Aug 3, 2024: the generator failed completely and we headed into the marina in Vannes to organise repairs, which took about 4 weeks.
  • Sep 4, 2024: we departed Vannes and continued moving slowly north. We didn’t completely trust the generator and decided to stay in the Bay of Biscay until the end of winter.
  • Oct 23, 2024: arrived in Brest Harbour, still having generator issues. Spent the next 4 months testing the generator and implementing some work arounds. Also decided to stay in Brest to ride out the winter cold.
  • Feb 21, 2025: our French long stay visa ended and we switched over to the standard 3 month tourist (Schengen) visa.
  • Feb 28, 2025: departed France, with a thin layer of hard ice on the decks.
  • Mar 1, 2025: arrived St Helier, Jersey.

So here we are in Jersey, staying a bit longer than planned, but enjoying it. It’s good to be back in an English speaking country. There are some more posts coming about Jersey, but this one is for the Jersey War Tunnels.

This particular tunnel system is number 8 out of 25 that were planned. Not all were built and of those that were, not all survived. These tunnels are called Hohlgangsanlage 8 (Ho8 for short) and were built by the Germans during World War II. This is the only publicly accessible tunnel and has been turned into a museum.

Enjoy the video. There will be more posts – I promise.