Time to hire a car and explore. We had been advised to go to Half Moon Beach for a swim and it was indeed very lovely although do not let the fact that Mike is standing here in his swimming shorts mislead you. He didn’t actually go in.
This photograph was supposed to show the huge surf crashing behind us but we hit a quiet moment and got bored standing there long before anything more than a damp puff over the rocks so this was the best we could do. Until we walked away of course and then the big stuff started again. This is slightly better |
Carol did go in for a swim. She then left her swimmers to dry on the top of the car so of course we drove off without them and only realised at the end of the day. Half an hour drive back and there they were, in the grass on the bend where we first accelerated after coming of the beach.
Lunch at a hilltop restaurant ‘Harmony Hall’ had been recommended and lived up to expectations. The mussels were superb and Mike is now best friends with the Italian chef. This is the view from the restaurant towards the anchorage we moved to a couple of days later. |
A long drive down a pot holed track (the hire car hub caps are held on with cable ties for just this reason apparently) and we came to Devils Bridge where a bridge of rock has formed and the surf blasts up spectacularly. Except when you are trying to take a photograph so is another mediocre splash.
On to Betty’s Hope, a former sugar plantation and refinery. Not a lot to see and what there was, was closed even though the sign at the end of the very long potholed track said that it was open.
Nicely restored windmill though. |
