We arrived in Carriacou in Tyrell Bay on May 31st 2016 just ahead of. One insurance deadline for hurricane season. As in p devious years we will be south on 12 degrees 30 minutes for the next 5 months. So this year we are staying entirely in Grenada between the island of Carriacou and the main island of Grenada.
Just after our arrival our friends David and Sue on Sans Cles arrived followed by Susumi. We all l over to hike so of course we went for a hike around the valley behind Tyrell Bay with great views and even another tortoise.
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| Jeff, Hazel, David, Devin and Sue |
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| Tortoise |
Carriacou has some very nice reefs surrounding it and since the locl dive shop Lubadive has some fantastic off season deals for Lionfish hunting, we took a dive trip with them. we saw lots of great fish but thankfully very few Lionfish this trip. SO work to keep this invasive species of the local reef is working.
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| Devin and David ready to get in under Richard's supervision |
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| How big was it Devin? |
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| Liz is OK |
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| The other group caught some Lionfish |
We attended a jam session at Levi,s bar with Liahona, Perspony and ULLR. A good night with these accomplished musicians
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| The musicians |
We enjoyed a walk out to the hills on the north of the anchorage with ULLR and Anne Bonny.
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| Jim, Liz, Christine, Meg and Frank |
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| The steep hill to the coll |
We have a few jobs to do while we are here in Carriacou, so we dropped the sails to put a few stitches in where needed. We also have to recoat the cetol vanish on the toerail with 4 coats for next season. SO we are a little busy in paradise too.
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| Liz sewing on deck. |
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| Not the easiest place to do a repair |
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| We had dinner out to celebrate David on Heymead's birthday |
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| David gets a hug for his birthday |
We take our first trip into the main town of Hillsborough for a little retail therapy as my dear mother would have said.
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| Main Street |
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| Some nice building and even more are now renovated |
We did a few more walks around the island and lead a numbe of friends on a few new walks.
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| A cactus flowering |
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| Vines growing in the trees and changing colour |
A really nice new walk for us with Greg and Jo to Black Beach Bay.
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| Jo, Greg and Liz |
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| The black volcanic sand on the beach |
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| We just had to rescue this little goat with a can stuck on it,s head |
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| The Lime Kiln factory ruins |
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| We found a car repair shop with a BAR ! |
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| Liz just loves little piglets too! |
Well we are sure we are staying here until regatta next month so more to post later.
We hope everyone is having a great summer wherever you are..
