Saturday, July 2, 2016

Carriacou, Grenada.

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.
Jeff, Hazel, David, Devin and Sue
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.
Devin and David ready to get in under Richard's supervision
How big was it Devin?
Liz is OK
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  
The musicians
We enjoyed a walk out to the hills on the north of the anchorage with ULLR and Anne Bonny.
Jim, Liz, Christine, Meg and Frank
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.
Liz sewing on deck.
Not the easiest place to do a repair

We had dinner out to celebrate David on Heymead's birthday

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.
Main Street
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.
A cactus flowering
Vines growing in the trees and changing colour
A really nice new walk for us with Greg and Jo to Black Beach Bay.
Jo, Greg and Liz
The black volcanic sand on the beach
We just had to rescue this little goat with a can stuck on it,s head
The Lime Kiln factory ruins
We found a car repair shop with a BAR !
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..

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