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unusual facts about Channel Island



Catalina eddy

The eddy gets its name from Santa Catalina Island, the Channel Island closest to the Los Angeles-Long Beach area; the center of an eddy is often located above or near the island.

Dave Huson

Dave Huson is a retired Channel Island football (soccer) player who played professionally in the North American Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League.

Free as Air

Free as Air is an original story of two days in May on Terhou, a minor "and totally fictitious" Channel Island, based on Jethou, the private island leased at the time by Compton Mackenzie.

Vale Recreation F.C.

The club is one of the few Channel Islands clubs to have competed in the FA Vase, competing in the four seasons from 1987 to 1991, in 1987/1988 they got to the fourth round, the best ever by a Channel Island club.


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Condor Ferries

Condor 10 returned to the fleet in March 2002 to replace the Condor 9 on the St Malo - Channel Island service and to fully compete with the existing fast car ferry service of Emeraude Lines.

Holidays in the Sun

The song was inspired by a trip to the Channel Island of Jersey, "We tried our holiday in the sun in the isle of Jersey and that didn't work. They threw us out." That trip was followed by a couple of weeks spent in Berlin.