Hikes and trails in Barbados.
The hike for 2020 is on Sunday 16th February 2020. The same route as previous years. This year’s event (2015) took place on Sunday 20th February. The official start was 6am but some started as early as 4am or later in small groups at times that suited them. This meant that the trail was not …
The 2020 Barbados Hill Challenge which is organised by the Barbados Hiking Association takes place on Friday 1st May 2020. All correspondence should be directed to the organisers: Website: www.barbadoshikingassociation.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/hikebarbados Email: hikebarbados@gmail.com Below is the Barbados Hiking Association Hill Challenge promo video produced by Jenny Gonsalves. Click here to download promo video. …
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Dr. Colin Hudson was a British-born environmentalist and innovative scientist, who lived in Barbados. His acknowledgements were not only local but also international. After studying agronomy at Cambridge University, he came to Barbados in 1961 to work in sugar cane agronomy. In 1968, he assumed permanent residence in Barbados and completed a prize-winning doctorate at …
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Mr. Richard Goddard began to organize hikes in 1983 as part of the Duke of Edinburgh Award Program. These were on Sunday mornings at 6am and lasted for 3 hours. This format has not changed. I joined them in the first year and have been hiking on a regular basis except for a few years …
