Camino de Santiago Francés
The Camino de Santiago is a hiking trail in the North West of Spain. One of the many that end at Santiago de Compostela. Pilgrims started using these routes after the bones of Saint James were found in Santiago de Compostela some 1000 years after the good man was beheaded. The legend goes that after…
My regular St. Philip early morning hike
One of my many pleasures of being retired is being able to leave home before sunrise and go for an early morning hike in St. Philip. Everyday on my early morning hike I meet the same people. Some waiting at bus stops, early morning walkers, cyclists and farmers tending their crops and animals. A lady…
San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
Happy Easter from BajanThings. This was the trip I did to Argentina just before Christmas. God willing in May I will be doing my favourite coast-to-coast walk from the West coast of Scotland to the East coast of Scotland which is about 320 km – The Great Outdoor Challenge 2024. In December 2023 I returned…
The Great Outdoor Challenge (TGOC) 2023: Mallaig to Portlethen
My TGOC (The Great Outdoor Challenge) 2023 started in Mallaig and ended 14 days later in Portlethen. It was approximately 300Km with a climb of +6,000 meters. A low level and easy route. I plotted an easy route as the memories of the aborted crossing of TGOC 2018 were fresh when I made it. This…
Renner Yearwood Memorial Hill Challenge 2023
The 2023 Hill Challenge will be called the Renner Yearwood Memorial Hill Challenge. Renner entered the Hill Challenge in 2013 (3rd), 2014 (1st), 2015 (1st), and 2016 (5th). Sadly he died in 2022. The 2023 Hill Challenge will take place on Monday 1st May 2023. Start time is 6am sharp. Entries are open and the…
Stanton Henry King: Sailor, Author, Chantey Singer (1867 – 1939)
Stanton Henry King was born in Barbados on 1st May 1867 and died 10th November 1939 in Everett, Massachusetts, USA. He was a sailor, author, and chantey (shanty) singer who was known for his works on maritime life and culture. He served in the US Navy before going to Boston and becoming the director of…
The Barbados Trailways Project Part 3 – tree planting
The Barbados Trailway Project The Barbados Trailway is a paved bicycle and pedestrian path located primarily on right-of-way lands of the former Barbados Railway. The Barbados Trailway Project The mission of the Barbados Trailway is: Converting the old Barbados Railway reserve into an accessible pathway for pedestrians, runners and cyclists. The Barbados Railway was a…
Prince Albert and Prince George visit Barbados while Midshipmen aboard HMS Bacchante in 1879
Prince Albert Victor and Prince George of Wales visited Barbados in December 1879 while midshipmen aboard HMS HMS Bacchante. While aboard HMS Bacchante as Midshipmen Prince Albert Victor and Prince George of Wales kept private journals and note books. These were published in full in two volumes in 1886 by Macmillan and Co. London. “The…
The Barbados Trailways Project Part 2 – the beginning of the refurbishment
The Barbados Trailway will convert a portion of the disused trainline (which operated from 1881 to 1937) into a 16km paved multi-use trail from Valley Plantation to Consett Bay. It is a fiscally and socially responsible heritage tourism development project that can help to diversify and enhance our tourism product while also providing recreational spaces…
Barbados transitions to a Republic – the Republic of Barbados
On 30th November 2021, fifty-five years after independence from Britain, Barbados will transition from a Constitutional Monarchy to being a Parliamentary Republic – the Republic of Barbados. The Queen’s representative Governor-General Dame Sandra Mason, GCMG, DA, QC will become the first President of Barbados. Her role will be mostly ceremonial, much like her current role…
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