Sun shining, turquoise water, adorable people and amazing landscapes… believe me, you need to be strong to resist it all…!
Evenings are series of encounters with people who come to have a drink at the Dinghy dock‘s marina, especially locals, coming after work… thirsty as…They are so friendly the Bernudan, with a great sense of humour, ready to help in anything, and generous. I strongly recommand them to you!
We’ve been here for less than a week and have already been invited twice for BBQs!
However, be warned, here, it’s rather a paradise for millionnaires. Everything is so expensive, accomodation like food… as for us, we are very careful and eat our provisions on board… we’ll have to provision later in the Acores where it’s so much cheaper!
I take advantage of this forced stop to work out my legs as much as I can. The town of St Georges, located at the far East end of the island, (where we stay) is the oldest of Bermuda as colonials arrived on this side in 1609, after the shipwreck of a boat called the Sea Venture. There is no doubt about the english heritage of the island when you walk into town: clean streets, shops, politeness of people who always say hello to you… it‘s only happiness!
After admiring the pretty St Peter‘s church, I visit then the Unfinished Church, which has never been finished because of a lack of money, conflicts in the parish, and hurricane damages during its building (!).
Then, it's Tobacco Bay, absolutely splendid, with its sharp rocks and beautiful turquoise water… unfortunately cold… a quick look at the Ste Catherine Fort, closed for renovation, then back to the boat.
The following days, I walk on the old Railway Track, which runs from the east side of the island to the west… Crazy thing to have on an island which is 20kms long and 2 to 3kms wide… it took 5 years to build this railway which only served for 17 years, before they stopped using it due to maintenance costs up to the roof…
The track mainly follows the shore, with great look outs on the lagoon and on nice bays, with colored houses, typical from Bermuda. Every house has a white roof built in layers to store the rain water, the only water available in the island. The shape of the roof has been especially designed to maximize the surface of collection of the water.
On the track, I find many Longtails, open ocean white bird with long tails.
I also meet interesting people on the way. Marc Anthony, a Bermudan really nice who works at maintaining the public places of the island. I meet him at St David‘s lighthouse, and it takes him two seconds for him to decide to come with him to St David‘s battery, another site he‘s in charge of… where he allows me to climb on one of the canons mounted there to defend the island. This guy was really cool bro, not stressed at all by his work, walking from one place to another, free like a bird…
Another day, it’s Randolph whom I met on my way, asking him where to find the damned track (really not well indicated this old railway track…) and who gives me a 5mn lift, time enough for him to offer me a honey pot! He is a bee keeper… and as generous as other local people here! We have so much to learn from them and places like this one. Forget about your natural reserve and you’ll apreciate lots of people’s generosity and human hearth.
My legs are sore after 3 days walking around the island but I have a big grin on my face and a great energy… it is too beautiful here, colors are bright, the coast line is wild as with pretty coves and colored houses everywhere… Believe me, it`s the paradise here!!!
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