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The Great Outdoor Challenge (TGOC) 2015 – Scotland
In May 2015 I made my third successful TGOC crossing, starting at Lochailort and finishing at Stonehaven 13 days later. My route, as with previous years, was low level with no major obstacles, or so I thought at the start! The bar at Lochailort Inn on the evening before the start was full of old and new…
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Memorials for departed friends
Doctor & Professor Sam Cavney, George Baker, Ray Beamer and Bob Scott Between the demolished Long Beach Hotel and the HARP Gun are 3 Cairns built in memory of Sam, Ray and George. For many years I have walked past and wondered who these three men were. Recently Beverly and I walked there. She knew…
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Baby Burts trialling for the Windies cricket team!
Baby Burts (Connie as he is known at school) is 10. Baby Burts is half Bajan and dreams of playing cricket for the Windies and emulating Garfield Sobers who hit six sixes in an over at a county cricket match on 31st August 1968 in Cardiff. Baby Burts is also half Scottish and dreams of…
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A day trip to Mustique – St. Vincent & The Grenadines
I worked for 2 years in St. Vincent with Cable & Wireless. These were some of the good times of my life. Work hard and play hard. C.O. Williams operated a quarry in Mespo Valley and did general road works. It was managed by a Bajan, Keith Weeks. Keith was not the type of manager that…
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The Seimstrand, St. Vincent & The Grenadines
MV The Seimstrand was a ferry that sailed between St. Vincent and Grenada during the late 1970’s. It was a lifeline of the Grenadines as it allowed a reliable and efficient transport of goods and people. In addition she did party cruises along the West Coast of St. Vincent or to Bequia and Mustique on…
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Torpedoing of the Cornwallis in Carlisle Bay, Barbados, 11th September 1942
The torpedoing of the Cornwallis in Carlisle Bay, Barbados on the afternoon of Friday 11th September 1942 by German U-Boat 514 is remembered by older Bajans as the dark day in 1942 when World War II reached Barbados’ shores. The 75th anniversary of the torpedoing of the CNS Cornwallis in Carlisle Bay was Monday 11th…
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The Great Outdoor Challenge (TGOC) 2015 – Scotland. A walk to the Park!
The Great Outdoors Challenge for 2015 takes place between May 08th and May 22nd. Around 300 backpackers will be hiking from Scotland’s west coast to east coast, through some of the most stunning and testing landscape in Europe. It’s a test of back country skills, navigation and stamina – but Challengers also share wonderful camaraderie…
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Barbados Hiking Association: Sagicor 2015 Hill Challenge
This year the Hill Challenge is sponsored by Sagicor Financial Services, and the name has been changed to reflect this. It is organised by the Barbados Hiking Association and takes place on Friday 1st May, which is a holiday in Barbados. The route is the same as previous years but the start and finish has…
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Ushuaia – Argentina
Ushuaia is the southernmost city in Argentina, nicknamed the “End of the World”. It is also the gateway for Antarctica. During the summer the dock is very busy with all types of expeditions, both civilian and scientific, setting out to or returning from the Southern continent. It is also the end, or beginning, of the adventure…
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Hurricane Ivan 2004 – Emergency radio service in Grenada
Grenada is a volcanic island of 90,000 people that is a major producer of nutmeg, cloves and other spices. Its known as the “Spice Island”. On Tuesday 7th September 2004 Grenada was was struck by Hurricane Ivan (a category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale). For nearly 12 hours the island was subjected to storm…
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