Relaxing in Barbados
Karma Daze
Chris and Penny Manley
Mon 20 May 2013 19:27
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Friday May 10th – Tuesday May 14th
The few days we spent in Barbados were very
enjoyable. We were entertained at the Barbados Yacht club, we had dinner
on the beach at “The Boatyard”; on Sunday we took “Spray” along the coast and
anchored in Gibbs bay for a swim and lunch joined by Ian and Gerry’s friends who
live here.
On Monday Adrienne offered to give us a tour of
the island – we went along the west coast passed lots of very expensive houses,
to north point and then along the east coast which is completely different from
the other side. We had lunch in Bathsheba and then across country back to
Bridgetown.
East coast BarbadosThat evening we went for drinks to Barry and
Jennifer’s house in Dover. They live in a beautifully converted coach
house which was part of a very large farm. The main house and some of the
original grounds are still there, but over the years lots of the land has been
sold. We then went to dinner in the Harlequin at St Lawrence.
The following day we went to complete the paper
work for checking out. Once we found the right place-this involved filling
in forms, visiting 3 separate office (2 of them twice), we were then ready to
leave anytime within the next 24 hours. Everyone wanted us to stay for the
Mount Gay Rum regatta but we decided to head back to the Grenadines. Spray
is staying and Ian and Gerry will sail with Bill in the regatta.
The evening before we left we had dinner at
Adrienne’s house. it is in the middle of the island where she lives on the
site of an old plantation house, which is still standing but
uninhabitable. Adrienne lives a converted milk parlour, with 2 very large
dogs, and runs a chicken farm.
The police band which entertained us on our first afternoon. The boat was
tied stern-to the quay with the Independence Square directly behind.
Adrienne’s converted milking parlour – a very lovely open-plan house.
The Chicken Farm |