We go inside The Tunnel...

I have seen quite a few exhibits like The Jersey War Tunnels over the years, but I have to say that this is one of the very best I've ever visited — it really is excellent! 

Wilson is taking everything in, reading every caption, watching every video, even making notes in his guide book. 

This could be quite an extended visit, but I'm not complaining; I'm enjoying every minute here.

Jersey War Tunnels

Here is Wilson posing for a photo on the steps of our hotel before we head off to the Jersey War Tunnels. This is a much-anticipated highlight of our visit for Wilson — he absolutely LOVES tunnels! The War Tunnels are probably the reason that we are in Jersey instead of Worthing!

It might be worth mentioning the politeness of drivers on Jersey — they are preemptively, almost aggressively polite, stopping on busy main roads to let us pull out of a side road, for example.

But here we are at The War Tunnels, where Wilson is almost beside himself with anticipation!

The Glass Church

Today we set off to see Jersey's famous Glass Church.

Wilson had been a bit worried about this, saying that if it had recently been cleaned we might not be able to see anything, or even find it. 

This proved not to be the case. 

We parked the car behind a large white concrete building which, it turned out, actually was the 'glass church'. 

Wilson looked at it scathingly before pointing out the blindingly obvious to me: 'It's not made of glass — it's made of cement! Only the windows are glass… What a gyp!' 

For the rest of the day, whenever we passed a church Wilson would point and say, 'Oh look! Another so-called "glass church" made of cement! The island is full of them!'

Today being my birthday, Wilson gave me a pack of prototype Oddsies! and took me to a beautiful beach-side restaurant in St Brelade's Bay for dinner. 

I must remember to wear my Oddsies! tomorrow when we make our much-anticipated visit to The War Tunnels…

Mont Orgueil Castle

Next on our itinerary was Mont Orgueil Castle. The first thing we saw inside was this magnificent iron knight on horseback. Wilson said he thought we should have something like this in our garden at home and he would look into it. 

Then we came across what I think is called a parterre garden, but W maintained was a maze. He insisted that I stand on a nearby wall so that I could see over the hedges to keep an eye on him and guide him out should he become hopelessly lost. 

Free pass!

After an (extremely) hearty breakfast we made out way to the Jersey Tourist Office, where Wilson bought two Jersey Tourist Passes, which will get us into most of the attractions on the island without charge. 

The first place we visited was the zoo — The Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust. Wilson proudly handed over our visitors' passes and we were ushered in without further payment. 

W is looking after both passes because, as he said, 'You might get overexcited and lose them. I know what you're like, New Dad!'

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June has been a very busy month for Wilson Vermilingua OBE!

I've just uploaded the latest monthly volume of Ant Wars II: June 2013 so you can catch up on anything you've missed.

Please tell all your friends, as it is Wilson's stated ambition for his life story to be, as he puts it, "As Popular as a Summer Holiday in Jersey!". 

You can download it or read it online at:

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Breakfast

Ant Wars II:

We have a long day ahead of us, so Wilson insisted we have an early and substantial breakfast. 

He was very impressed by our attentive waiters and by the grandeur of our surroundings. Also the vegetarian breakfast options available to him.

I lost count of the number of times he re-visited the breakfast buffet bar, but I think he's eaten enough to last him at least until we see the first ice-cream kiosk!

Photographs of the lovely WILSON are by Tamanduagirl at 

http://www.livingwithanteaters.com/ and are used by kind permission.