The Hotel Houmet du Nord, situated right on the sandy beaches of Grand Havre Bay, Vale, Guernsey was where Richard and I arrived for our honeymoon on 18 July 1970 for a one week full board stay. The lobster was delicious. Both Richard and I were in the Royal Air Force at the time.
Keeping to the RAF theme, Gerald Alfred Smith (later Hill-Smith) married Olwen (Wendy) Morgan (date unknown), and following his service as a pilot during World War 2, they ended up running the Hotel Houmet du Nord. In 1982, Maureen and Barry Ogier became the proprietors.
In 1985 the hotel closed for business, and is now the site of luxury housing. The Houmet Tavern is now known as the Puffin and Oyster.
As a matter of interest, Houmet is an old Guernesiaisword for ‘peninsular’.
