Caribbean Christmas
Merry Christmas for last year and a happy welcome to 2020 Jane flew into Barbados via Doha and Miami and in her newly retired frame of mind 36 hours of actual flying was taken in her stride. The heat and humidity took a bit of a toll but being members of the Royal Barbados Yacht Club which sold cold beer and anchored in clean swimming water over lovely sand eased the pain. Reunited at Royal Barbados Yacht Club We then spent a week moving between different anchorages on the 15mile long West (leeward) coast. Very busy with charter boats, jet skis, swimmers and houses or resorts the whole way. But lovely water, a bit rolly in the anchorages, and easy access to the shore (except for the small shore break so wet crew occasionally). The highlight was the friendly locals. All would say hello and happily engage in conversation. At first the thought was that they were after something but it became apparent that it is pure friendliness. Just happy to talk and this has co...