Thor Heyerdahl’s Ra Expeditions to Barbados: Ra I 1969, Ra II 1970
Thor Heyerdahl was born in Norway in 1914. After studying at the Oslo University he went to the Marquesas Islands in the Pacific. He and his wife studied the possibility that the Pacific Islanders could have migrated from South America many centuries before. World War II interrupted his work. He served with the free Norwegian…
Blue Box Cart. The growing years 1982 to 1991
At COT Printers, sometime in the last week of July 1982 a planning committee with Nigel, Claire, Bob and Jeffrey for the upcoming Kadooment is in progress. A few drinks soon produced a cart used to move paper around the office. A wooden box arrived and was nailed to it. Someone had Blue paint and the name that has…
Run Barbados Marathon – Fri 4 Dec to Sun 6 Dec 2015
Fun Mile, 5km, 10km, Half Marathon & Full MarathonPress Release– BTMI engages local sports management team, Island Races, to coordinate a repositioned Run Barbados Marathon Weekend – BRIDGETOWN, Barbados. 10 JULY 2015 –Run Barbados 2015, kicks off on the weekend of Dec. 4 – 6, is set to be bigger and better in 2015 with… When this press release was circulated every…
Chicken Rita’s. Where Bajan’s go for seasoned fried chicken!
Chicken Rita serves fried chicken (sometimes fish) and chips. If you want to eat anything else this, this is not the place for you. This is where Bajans go to eat fried chicken, buy a drink at reasonable price and meet friends. Visitors to the island are welcome. So are children. It is not fast food. Weekends are busy but the…
Boer Camp Pasture – St. Philip
The name Boer comes from the Dutch and Afrikaans word for farmer. In the 1880’s and the early 1900’s (before the start of WW1), England was involved in a bitter, bloody and fruitless war against the Boer settlers in South Africa. The Boers were fighting to maintain their dominance over their settlements. During this conflict…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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