Pretty bins all in a row

A CAMPAIGN to prevent motorhomes and caravans from using Alderney's picturesque campsite may have found some kind of success. The two firm bookings made to bring motor homes to Saye Campsite have been cancelled.

And with the outlay for a two-week stay weighing in at up to £1,000, it's little wonder visitors are stalling.

It costs £450 to transport a motor home between 5m. and 6.9m, or a car and caravan, from Poole to Alderney via Alderney Shipping, or £350 for a motorhome under 5m. The import fee for a motorhome is £250 plus a £25 administration fee, or £350 plus £25 admin. for a caravan and car. The import licence is refunded in full, minus the £25, if it leaves the island within 28 days.

He is allowed to keep his own motor home on the site until September – and won't be coming back.

The decision to allow campervans and motorhomes on the campsite will be reviewed at the end of the 2013 holiday season.

But Mr Hayward is still optimistic about the site's potential as a caravan destination and presented a strategy for the next two years to the General Services Committee this week.

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An unexpected corner of the island is in bloom thanks to the children of Ormer House School.

At the Impot, Alderney's waste-processing facility, children have transformed half a dozen ordinary plastic rubbish bins into havens for bees and insects.

Staff cut the bins in half and the pupils, led by resident Jane Aireton, used compost produced at the Impot to plant wildflower seeds.

The flowers – including poppies, daisies and marigolds – are all attractive food sources for bees and insects.

The pots, along with a trimmed-down oil drum, are located in the household waste recycling section of the centre.

'This project will provide bees and other insects with new sources of food and increase the number of beautiful wild flowers on the island,' said Jane, who is a keen beekeeper.