I Ain’t Missing the Weather In Scotland At All

This picture is for the benefit of all my friend’s and family members back home in Aberdeen in Scotland. I sure aint missing the weather back home at all. I have just looked at the forecast for the forthcoming weekend and there will be heavy snow showers and it will hit below 0 degrees in Aberdeen, it is bringing me out in a cold sweat thinking about it.

I know what I will be doing this weekend and it doesn’t entail shivering from the cold or falling on my ass when I slip and fall on some slippery patch of ice. I will be heading to the beach to get some warm Bajan sun and the warm waters of the Caribbean Sea on my skin.

Friends, family members and anybody that knows me, take a good look at the picture at the top of this page that is where I will be at the weekend. Come and join me!

I Suppose It Could Be Called a Secret Barbados Beach

During my wonderful recent break at a Hotel on St Lawrence Gap, I was staying at a hotel that had a nice wee beach all of it’s own. As most people are aware there are no private beaches in Barbados, but the beach at the hotel was kind of hard to get too if you were not staying there. In fact I would hazard a guess and go as far as saying if you were not staying at the hotel you would probably not even be aware that there was a beach there.

Even though the hotel was fairly busy during my 10-night stay, you would very rarely find people on the beach or even enjoying the beautiful Caribbean Sea. In fact the most people I seen in the sea at this beautiful wee beach at the hotel was 5 people. I know for people that go to places like Majorca, Ibiza, Crete, Nice etc this is something that is very hard to believe, but believe me it’s true.

I suppose this beach could be called a secret beach, because you will not see it from the road or anywhere else apart from if you stay at the hotel. The name of the hotel, I wish I could tell the world, but a secret is a secret and I’m not going to give the game away.

I for one will be staying at the hotel on a fairly regular basis, there is nothing quite like getting in the car and driving for 30 minutes and going to stay at a nice hotel overlooking the amazing and beautiful Caribbean Sea. Before I moved to Barbados, having a wee break like this is something I would have never anticipated doing. But now I say to myself, why the hell shouldn’t I go and get a deserved break, without the hassles of travelling for hours to get somewhere.

I guess if you want to know where the secret beach is and I suppose I could say the not so secret hotel, because it sits on St Lawrence Gap somewhere, all you have to do is seek and ye shall find!

The Pirates Great Escape From Slavery At Carlisle Bay In Barbados

As I sat on the sands of Carlisle Bay relaxing and taking things easy looking out at the sailboats moored in the Bay, I pictured the famous Scottish Pirate Red Legs Greaves as he swam out to a ship to escape his slave masters in Barbados.

I thought about having a wee swim out to the sail boats to follow in the footsteps of Red Legs but It was too hot for me and I would have ran out of energy long before I reached the safety of one of the moored boats.

I contented myself with imaging his desperate escape bid as he sought his freedom on ship that was leaving Barbados and the beginning of a new highly profitable and successful career as a buccaneer in the Caribbean during the 1670’s. I will at some point be doing a article about the life and times of Red Legs Greaves, when I have completed my research.

Nowadays Carlisle Bay is a great beach for relaxing and taking things easy, either sunbathing or enjoying the warm waters of the Caribbean Sea. The closest you will get to pirates are the beach hawkers, who are trying to sell you something.

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Surfs Up at Rockley Beach In Barbados

I had a business appointment at a fancy hotel in Hastings in Christ Church today, which is just along the road from the Gap and It was good to see the sun shinning so bright after the day of rain we had yesterday.

After my appointment I headed over to Rockley beach, which is also seemingly known as Accra Beach, they love these beaches with two names in Barbados. It seemed like a good Barbados beach to relax and chill out at for a bit. I had been there before on previous trips to Barbados and thought it was an okay sort of beach. I slipped on my t-shirt and beach shoes and headed for a stroll along the sands and for an ice cold Banks Beer before I headed back home.

I have never actually been in the water at Rockley Beach before, and looked with keen interest as I watched a group of budding surfers being given a lesson. I then thought this beach could possible offer some good boogie boarding conditions. I must admit for a south coast beach on the Caribbean Sea, Rockley Beach at times conjured up a few good waves as well as plenty of calm conditions for swimming in.

Rockley or Accra Beach which ever name you prefer is a fairly large pretty beach with the usual golden sands and beautiful clear blue and inviting sea that is such as common sight in Barbados. This beach was one of the busiest beaches I have encountered so far on a weekday on this island, but it wasn’t overly crowded and there was the usual beach pests that you get trying to sell you everything form jewellery, cigarettes and illegal substances. Why can’t they sell something useful like ice cold Banks Beer or something along those lines?

I will be heading to Rockley at some point in the near future for a wee bit of boogie boarding and to chill out, this is a beach that had a good vibe about it.