The place is largely tree-less mainly because they were used for firewood during the days lighthouses were fuelled by the stuff.

The occupying Nazis did eat the Alderney cow breed to extinction though
We were mainly lucky with the weather, which gave me a good chance to seek out any abandoned or laid-up old tat, though it didn't take long to cover most of the place on bikes. I was led to believe there was no scrapyard on the island, and that old vehicles had to be shipped over to Guernsey for breaking, so I hoped that there would be loads of rusting hulks - which wasn't really the case. As we flew out of the island, over a bit that I didn't find time to explore, I saw what appeared to be an old quarry filled with piles of dead cars...

This 2CV wasn't much worse than some of the crocks in daily use. Tail lights look like they've been pinched from a towing board.

Quite a lot of old Minis on the island, I tended to see them in pairs, though this was the only estate I saw.

Leyland fuel tanker had some impressive cab rot

Next to it was this elderly bus, probably a Bedford chassis, not sure who built the bodywork but those front and rear windscreens look the same which was a stunt that Marshalls of Cambridge used to pull.

In Alderney terms this seemed a bit new to be laid up, within the (unfenced) airport boundary for some reason. The overturned remains of what looked like a Duple coach behind it.

A retired Britten-Norman (Tr)Islander, the Perodua Nippa of passenger aircraft, examples of these are still bouncing between Guernsey and Alderney each day.

More planeshite, but haven't a clue what it is

A former Jersey mobile library that looked like it had been taken straight to Alderney and parked up after loaning its last book. Chassis unknown, maybe a late model Bedford, or a Leyland of some sort.

Don't see these derelict very often, even crap examples seem to sell for a fortune. Probably couldn't find anybody willing to service/repair it

This beat the previous day's mk1 Astra as spot of the weekend, not much else of the era was seen.

Smallest Ford dealer in the world? Maybe. I would love to own this garage...

...and park this in it