Cycling, walking, sailing and much, much more!

Hi everyone!Have a good week? I did! On Monday we hired two bikes (we already have two on board) and cycled around the island (Carriacou) which was good if you could ignore Sam's moaning! First of all we went to the bakers which is very close to the bay where the boat is and w had some coconut buns (mmmm!). Then after all that strenuous chewing we made our way north up the west coast and stopped on the way at Hillsborough, the main village, where we posted some letters and stuff. Then we carried on north and went to the round house which has some really unusual architecture (and delicious lunch!). After that we proceeded to a track that goes round the north end of the island. That was the most scenic part of the cycle I think! On the way we passed thee HQ of 'Kido', a place that I got in touch with because they have set up a volunteer program for helping the turtles that the fishermen catch to eat. During the egg laying season they patrol the beaches but at the moment it isn't the season so the only thing they do is if a fisherman catches a turtle they buy it from him and tag it and set it free again 3 or 4 miles out to sea. Anyway, we passed that but it was closed so we carried on down the east coast and then discovered that the road that we were going to go on was closed so we had to cycle up an extremely steep hill (pant, pant!) and then back to the boat. We slept well that night I can tell you!

On Wednesday we sailed to an island called Petite Martinique (PM) and I was in charge so of course - the yankee ripped. We stayed there until Sunday and during the time we were there we walked around the island (there was no road for two thirds of the way so we got very scratched by the thorns!! I also got thorns in my mouth by accident whilst eating a prickly pear! We went snorkeling at a little sand island . We made sand castles and mine had a lovely little bridge on the moat and an arch way. Mum built a road between my castle and the one that sam and Dad built!! The snorkeling was greet and there was loads of live coral and fish.

On Sunday we sailed back to Carriacou to get the sail fixed. I was the Captain again and the fishermans stay sail rrrrrrripped. Just my luck!

Carriacou

Now we are in carriacou, an island just north of grenada. We have been here for about 2 weeksand yesterday we went on a bike ride round the island. It was great fun but tommorow we are leaaving to go north. We will probably go to aan issland called Petite Martinique first which is just to the north of the island. I will tell you about it in my next post!!

Goats!

Yes, that's right, goats!

When we were travelling around the island with Nana and Grandad we went to an estate called Belmont where there was a tour for tourists and after we had had lunch in the restaurant we went to see the animals. There were a lot of goats in their stalls there and an American lady who we got talking to . It turned out that she was trying to get a goat dairy up and running. Her main problem was getting people to work there and to work hard enough.

Anyway, after we talked to her fora while we asked if I could come and help for a few days so she gave us her phone-number and a few days later I gave her a call and went up to stay with her for the weekend. It was great. We got up really early in the morning (not so great!) and drove to Belmont which was only a 15 minute drive away from Christine's house. We would milk the goats and then put them out to graze but the kids stayed in a pen together. Then we would clean out the stalls and wash everything down. My least favourite job was scooping the poop! After that we would go

and have lunch by which time some of the goats would have started wandering back. In the afternoon's we fed the goats and the kids got the evening milk. Christine is hoping that the dairy will be fully running, making milk and cheese, in 6 months.

In the end I was up there again for one night when two kids called Rosy and Spider had just been born! They were very cute! That's them in picture number three!

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Nana and Grandad's stay.

Nana and Grandad came to visit us on the island of Grenada for Christmas and New Year! We had a fantastic time with them and were distraught to see them go!

This is a photo of them arriving at the airport!

Liming at a beach bar!

Christmas morning and what has Santa brought?A windsurfer Sam and I (and Dad) are thrilled!

Dad modelling a pair of shorts that Sam designed and made for him for Christmas and a t-shirt that I tastefully decorated (he hasn't worn them since!).
Dad and I in our kilts at the Christmas party.

The Christmas party on board our Irish friend Jimmy's catamaran.

Trying out the board and rig!

We had a great time with Nana and Grandad and saw most of the island in our hire car. We sailed round to a little bay called Hog island and stayed there for a night during their stay as well which was fun. We spent christmas on afriendsboaaat and hadaparty onourboatinNewYeaarssoitwa