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Barbados Hiking Association 2019 Hill Challenge

Hiking in Barbados | Run246 | The Barbados Hiking Association (BHA)

1st July 2022 28th December 2022 / 5 minutes of reading / Bajan Hikes, Off-track Barbados

Run246 produce a regular listing of road running, trail running, triathlon, obstacle course racing and hiking events that take place across Barbados. You can also follow Run246 on: Facebook and on Instagram Run246 have a disclaimer which we have produced below: Event information is provided [by Run246] in good faith, but not guaranteed. Barbados does …

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Andromeda House location of a covert submarine tracking facility in Barbados

Andromeda Gardens – the location of a covert US Navy cold-war submarine tracking station in Barbados from 1954 to 1985/87

5th October 2021 13th September 2022 / 25 minutes of reading / Bajan History, Bajan People, Barbados Post World War II, Off-track Barbados / 10 Comments

In addition to the US Navy NAVFAC Barbados at Harrison’s Point, St. Lucy which was operational from 1957 to 1979 there was another hush, hush and “covert” NAVFAC cold-war submarine tracking facility located in Barbados from 1954 to 1985/87. It was located within the workshop of Dr. Harry Bayley’s bay-house at Andromeda in St. Joseph. …

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Beautiful Barbados

17th August 2020 20th October 2022 / 1 minute of reading / Bajan Hikes, Barbados Geology, Off-track Barbados / 11 Comments

Beautiful Barbados is being spoilt by ecologically uncaring, illegal and unscrupulous fly tippers dumping waste off-the beaten track. Here are some pictures of our beautiful island that only those of us who enjoy hiking and walking in the gullies and trails will ever see. Every parish has similar dumping hot-spots – there are way too many to include …

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Observation Mission – Firing HARP:
Monday 17^th June 1963

22nd April 2020 2nd January 2023 / 12 minutes of reading / Bajan History, Bajan People, Barbados Post World War II, Off-track Barbados / 1 Comment

The McGill University High Altitude Research Project (HARP) space gun project commenced in Barbados in 1962 under the direction of Canadian ballistics scientist Dr. Gerald Bull in his quest to economically launch a satellite into space using a huge artillery piece. The project was abruptly abandoned in 1967. It’s unlikely we will ever know the …

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Celestine’s Bajan Food Restaurant

5th July 2016 24th October 2022 / 2 minutes of reading / Bajan People, Bajan Restaurants, Off-track Barbados, Places to eat in Barbados / 4 Comments

Celestine’s Bajan food restaurant is run by Celestine Giles and Esta Butcher on the road leading to Harrison’s Cave. It serving delicious home-cooked Bajan food. It is frequented by locals either as a quick lunch stop while at work or after a hike in the area. A growing number of visitors have found this unique …

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Oistins Fish Fry – Barbados. Annies BBQ where locals go for lunch, dinner and a drink

11th November 2015 9th November 2022 / 3 minutes of reading / Bajan History, Bajan People, Bajan Restaurants, Off-track Barbados, Places to eat in Barbados / 1 Comment

Richard Ligon wrote in his A True and Exact History of Barbadoes (first published in 1657) ….which they called Auftins Bay, not in commemoration of any Saint, but of a wild mad drunken fellow, whofe lewd and extravagant carriage made him infamous in the island; and his Plantation standing near this Bay, it was called …

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Chicken Rita’s. Where Bajan’s go for seasoned fried chicken!

2nd July 2015 7th November 2022 / 2 minutes of reading / Bajan Restaurants, Off-track Barbados, Places to eat in Barbados / 4 Comments

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 …

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High Altitude Research Project (HARP) 1962 – 1967

27th March 2015 2nd January 2023 / 9 minutes of reading / Bajan History, Barbados Post World War II, Off-track Barbados / 6 Comments

The High Altitude Research Project (HARP) space gun was set up at Paragon just to the east of the runway of what was then Seawell Airport – the brainchild of Canadian ballistics scientist Dr. Gerald Bull and jointly funded by McGill University, Canada and the USA Army Research and Development Center. The HARP project was …

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