Jersey, Guernsey, and the Isle of Man - the Crown Dependencies - have you been there?

[Rumpelstil]

Jersey, Guernsey, and the Isle of Man - the Crown Dependencies - have you been there?

The poll series about England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland would be complete without a poll about Jersey, Guernsey, and the Isle of Man.
These islands have a very special status.

The Crown Dependencies (French: Dépendances de la Couronne; Manx: Croghaneyn-crooin) are three island territories in the British Islands that are self-governing possessions of the British Crown: the Bailiwick of Guernsey, the Bailiwick of Jersey, and the Isle of Man. They are not part of the United Kingdom (UK) nor are they British Overseas Territories.[1][2] They have the status of "territories for which the United Kingdom is responsible", rather than sovereign states.[3] As a result, they are not member states of the Commonwealth of Nations.

Crown Dependencies - Wikipedia

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[Rumpelstil]

I have been on the island of Jersey
and I have been to Berwick upon Tweed, a nice town which for some time belonged to neither England nor Scotland

 

[Rumpelstil]

peculiar of the crown​

A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP

Jersey is a ‘peculiar of the Crown.’ It owes its allegiance not to Westminster but to the sovereign. Islanders joke that they were on the winning side at the Battle of Hastings and they call The Queen the ‘Duke of Normandy.’

Peculiar of the Crown | jerseyheritagetv

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[Gateman_Wen]

Jersey, Guernsey, and the Isle of Man - the Crown Dependencies - have you been there?

The poll series about England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland would be complete without a poll about Jersey, Guernsey, and the Isle of Man.
These islands have a very special status.

Crown Dependencies - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I have relatives on the Isle of Man. Been there a couple of times. Watched the TT from inn I was staying at.

 

[Rumpelstil]

@ Fair Isle

Fair Isle is the most remote inhabited island in the United Kingdom.

Fair Isle - Wikipedia

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[Lovebug]

Been to Sanibel island

 

[Decypher]

None of these. I did go to Bestival on the Isie of Wight once. Huge gang of us for my best friend’s stag party.

 

[Rexedgar]

What’s the one with the three-legged flag?

 

[Rexedgar]

Been to Sanibel island

Isn’t that the one the causeway got destroyed from the mainland?

 

[Rumpelstil]

@ Isle of Man

The Isle of Man (Manx: Mannin [ˈmanɪnʲ], also Ellan Vannin [ˈɛlʲan ˈvanɪnʲ]), also known as Mann (/mæn/),[8] is an island country[9][10] and self-governing Crown Dependency in the Irish Sea between Great Britain and Ireland. As head of state, Charles III holds the title Lord of Mann and is represented by a Lieutenant Governor. The government of the United Kingdom is responsible for the isle's military defence and represents it abroad.

Isle of Man - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The Isle of Man is one of the British islands, where I have not yet been.

 

[Rumpelstil]

None of these.

Well, one can't have been everywhere.

I have been to Jersey, but not yet to Guernsey.
I have been to the Inner Hebrides, but not yet to the Outer Hebrides.
I have been to Orkney, but not yet to Shetland.

 

[Lovebug]

Isn’t that the one the causeway got destroyed from the mainland?

I think so.

 

[Rumpelstil]

Btw: I "forgot" Heligoland, a very special island, that also was British once.

Heligoland (/ˈhɛlɪɡoʊlænd/; German: Helgoland, pronounced [ˈhɛlɡoˌlant] (listen); Heligolandic Frisian: deät Lun, lit. 'the Land', Mooring Frisian: Hålilönj, Danish: Helgoland) is a small archipelago in the North Sea.[2] A part of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein since 1890, the islands were historically possessions of Denmark, then became the possessions of the United Kingdom from 1807 to 1890, and briefly managed as a war prize from 1945 to 1952.

The islands are located in the Heligoland Bight (part of the German Bight) in the southeastern corner of the North Sea and had a population of 1,127 at the end of 2016. They are the only German islands not in the vicinity of the mainland. They lie approximately 69 kilometres (43 miles) by sea from Cuxhaven at the mouth of the River Elbe. During a visit to the islands, August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben wrote the lyrics to "Deutschlandlied", which became the national anthem of Germany.

In addition to German, the local population, who are ethnic Frisians, speak the Heligolandic dialect of the North Frisian language called Halunder.

Heligoland - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Lovebug]

Btw: I "forgot" Heligoland, a very special island, that also was British once.

Heligoland - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Boat ride to Helgoland is a puke party.

 

[The flaming lib]

I’ve been to Hell…a few times

 

[sub1028]

I have been to Berwick Maine!

 

[Rumpelstil]

I have been to Berwick Maine!

I just had a look:

Berwick is a town in York County, Maine, United States, situated in the southern part of the state beside the Salmon Falls River.
Today's South Berwick was set off from Berwick in 1814, North Berwick in 1831.
The population was 7,950 at the 2020 census.[3] It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine metropolitan statistical area.

Berwick, Maine - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

What I wonder: Do they know about Berwick upon Tweed there?

 

[Rumpelstil]

Berwick upon Tweed​

 

[The flaming lib]

I’ve been to Ryan Island which is the largest island in Siswiwit Lake, which is the largest lake on Isle Royale, which is the largest island in Lake Superior, which is the largest lake in the world.

 

[AliHajiSheik]

Guernsey, was nice, lots of banks.

 

[Rumpelstil]

Outer Hebrides​

Shetland​

Fair Isle

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• nobody has been there yet​

 

[Rumpelstil]

I have been to Berwick Maine!

I have been to Berwick, Scotland