If you haven’t already read it, you might want to start with Kadooment Day Part 1, which describes Grand Kadooment Day, part of Barbados’ Crop Over festival. There are lots of photos too. My Grand Kadooment with Jump Promotions I’d been generously invited along to document the day by Renee Ratcliffe, the designer and co-leader […]
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Standing Stones of Paradise
Paradise is one of the less well known beaches on the west coast; you can reach it by walking south from Batt’s Rock, past the abandoned Four Seasons development. On your way you’ll pass several groups of standing stones at the water’s edge, built by a local man called Philip. Philip began balancing piles of […]
Barbados anole
If you spend any time in Barbados it won’t be long until you see the Barbados anole (Anolis extremus). They’re small lizards, mostly green, and can normally be found climbing up outside walls and fences. They were originally endemic to the island, but have found their way onto Bermuda and St Lucia. They tend to […]
Eddy Grant & Bathsheba
The last time we saw our friend was nearly 2 years ago, in a rather chilly, gloomy London; today we went to a rum shop and played on the beach in Barbados. Being reunited with good people is great no matter where one is, but the Caribbean does make for a lovely backdrop. We also […]
Swimming lessons in Barbados
As locations for swimming lessons go, the crystal clear Caribbean water at Browne’s Beach is hard to beat. It’s certainly preferable to the municipal pool back in the UK! Our daughter’s been going to baby swim classes in London since she was six weeks old, but her swimming is really coming along incredibly now she’s […]
A view of Barbados
Samuel Johnson famously said, “When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life”. OK, not the most original way to start a blog post about fucking-off from London, but it’ll do. In fairness, after many years of living and working in London, I wasn’t tired of life but I was tired of ridiculously […]