On another walk we took a differnet group around the hills behind Tyrell bay.
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| Cows on the beach in Tyrell bay |
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| The girls and the spiked tree. |
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| A very small tortoise |
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| Happy we are at the top of the walk? |
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| Our group |
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| Liz, Jo and Linda |
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| Of course it included a stop at the bakery |
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| We are so regular they gave us a tour of the wood fired oven |
Jo from Out of Africa had a birthday party at the Iguana restaurant, we all had a fantastic night.
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| Stacey, John and Jo |
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| Lighting the cake |
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| Diane singing at the party |
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| Devin, Mike, Rene |
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| Liz, Linda and Jo dressed up. |
Well Devin had to do another dive with Lumbadive before leaving the bay so off he went again.
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| Lots of life on the reef |
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| Nice spotted drum |
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| Lionfish kill shot |
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| One off the reef in the bucket |
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| Beautiful Angelfish |
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| Lovely colors |
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| Devin |
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| A great Angelfish shot |
Well it does happen very rarely but it was bath time for the boys on Moosetracks. They don't like it when they are still wet at bedtime and have to sleep in the cabin. But they do love the views while sunbathing on deck.
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| Bath time |
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| Chrssie and Moosie sun bathing |
We had a walk of the the ruins of the resort at Cassada.
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| Another walk on the east coast with a large group |
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| Chris come up to the resort |
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| It must still has wonderful views |
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| Stunning island views too |
There was a call on the radio for a full moon dinghy drift so we all prepared appetizers to share and took our drinks for a late night drift in the mangroves.
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| Music at the drift |
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| Well attended too |
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| The full moon over our dinghy drift |
We organised another long walk around from Hillsborough to Windward where they make local boats from the forest trees. We took the local bus to Hillsborough to start and return by local buses from windward after a 4 hour hike.
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| The start of the trail |
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| The beach was stunning |
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| Taking a rest on the beach |
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| The path back up the other side of the beach |
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| A local careening his boat in Windward |
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| A local boat yard with boat in progress |
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| Another builder with a fishing boat under construction |
We went to Hillsborough again to do some shopping and enjoy the local Mango festival,
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| Ice cream at the festival was lovely |
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| Of course with lots of mango's |
Liz helped each Saturday to give local kids swimming lessons on the beach. Organised by Lumbadive it is a program to get kids swimming and to enjoy the local water
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| Liz teaching a local girl |
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| Diane teaching local kids |
We also celebrated Richard's birthday at their nearby home. Lots of locals and friends turned up and we had a wonderful evening.
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| A party on the lawn |
We loved the walk to Black beach bay so much we took some more folks there.
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| Look what we found |
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| One of two wells on the walk for local wild stock |
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| Our group |
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| The beach has many of these volcanic rocks all over it. |
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| Nice picture Liz |
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| We had to stop at the car repair and bar again. |
We also joined the goup of cruisers to volunteer at the Children's auction and flee market. It was well attended and we raised a near record amount for the event, only surpassed by last years total. It all goes to helping the kids attend schools and colleges locally.
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| The volunteers |
Well it's regatta time so we took off to Paradise beach to watch the first day.
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| Carriacou sloop racing from the beach |
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| The dramatic start off the beach |
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| Racing is hard work so you need to keep hydrated |
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| Post race back on the beach |
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| The nice sloops |
We booked a day out on Sunday with fellow cruisers on the Carriacou Fun Runner a modified catamaran that takes day tours. Our trip was to watch the local built Carriacou sloops, of all sizes, race around the bays. It was a great day out and included a snorkel of of Sandy Island as well, just a shame we didn't get any great photos as our battery ran out.
Well with the regatta over we are off to Grenada for Carnival and a bit of shopping. We love Carriacou but the shopping is a bit limited and we need a few things that are difficult to find here.
We hope all our friends are having a great summer.
