Boating & Biking Adventures

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🚴‍♂️…Cana Heritage Park !

Daniel arrived spot on at 6am alongside our boat and picked us up (me and the bike!). Talkative, friendly, sympathetic. Service oriented and open minded!

After five weeks finally back in the saddle, the up & down to Cana Heritage Park was just the right dose for me.

It left energy to absorb the beautiful nature around me. Overall a very pleasant morning ride on good roads with little traffic in lush green scenery.

Need to plan for another ride to discover more of “The Nature Island” by bike.

Fair winds…

Cabrits National Park

After I finished my minor boat work tasks in the morning I discovered the nearby famous Cabrits National Park, which conveniently lies just next to the anchorage in walking distance.

Besides the historical aspects of this park it gave some good shade against the sun but also spectacular views, which you can enjoy under the Komoot link below.

One aspect bothered me the whole track. It felt a bit like hiking in autumn through our forests at home. Foliage on 80% of the track crunching under my hiking boots. Still feels familiar but irritating the same time as we are in the tropics! 

Impressive trees along the hiking trails...

Overall a very peaceful National Park after all the years Fort Shirley dominated this peninsula and still forms an integral part of the scene.

Tomorrow, at 6am Daniel from the PAYS Association will pick me up for another adventure. Better get to sleep now.

Fair winds…

🚶🏼‍♂️…Scotts Head…👍

I took the local minibus from Citronier to Scotts Head this afternoon. They stop while walking along the road on request. There is no fixed schedule. The first two cars stopping were regular taxis and they offered 25USD and 40USD for the 12km ride. Ripp off, nice try. Fist one not as greedy as the second one. I finally paid 4ECD equals to 1.85USD to get to my target destination. The music and its sound were excellent, the bus driver friendly and honest. He had on his list to bring some bread for someone and stopped at one of the many stalls along the road. In no time bread and money found new ownership.

It was a short walk at this special place, famous for its geology, history and nowadays snorkelling and diving activities.

Fair winds…

👍…Boiling Lake…👌

According to Mr. Green, my 20 year old tour guide organized by Mr. Seacat for today’s hike, you get 2-3 days like this per year! A result of the trade wind games described earlier. What a fortune! The Boiling Lake shows up on the left side of the photo, miles before we got there, which was a hard bit of work.

The cost for this tour comes close to 4000kcal. Well, if I believe my Polar Sport Tracker. The same device tells me we have done 15.71km over 950m altitude. Komoot is right on this special track as per the data below. So whatever the cost for this tour will be, I am going to relax, recharge, remember and enjoy the pain in any case!

Fair winds…

Done! Still paralysed from the walk! It was hard but extremely rewarding in perfect conditions!

👍…Trafalgar Falls…👌

 


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…Titou Gorge Waterall Cove…

 

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…Freshwater Lake…

🚴‍♂️…Carriacou…🚴‍♂️

It is Sunday morning, blue sky with light trade winds. Hardly swell in the bay. Less traffic, perfect conditions: No excuse! Let’s get on the bike.

There was some extended off-road included today, most of it very pleasant, with trees providing shade against the rising sun. Some cattle crossing my way. Carriacou offers some beautiful nature not only on the island itself but also around its shoreline. Some stunning views to Grenada, Petit Martinique, Union Island, etc. Most picturesque the anchorage at Sandy Island – SY Black Pearl included.

Back in Tyrrel Bay, I stopped at Barakena Bar for a beer and some of the best reggae music in the bay before taking the bike back with the dinghy.

Fair winds…

🚴‍♂️…into Grenada’s heart…🚴‍♂️

Today’s ride was a challenge and probably the hardest one I have done in the 50-60km range. It started off as ususal at the break of the day with a straight climb to get out of town. My legs were not strong and my mind was struggling. Close to turning around and going back, I pushed not only myself hard but also the bike as some of the ascents showed 22% and walking the bike was required. No way I cycle that. Filling in Coke helped a bit but I kept struggling on the uphills.

However, finally I got to the centre of the island seeing some great nature before getting my bike bottle filled with fresh Coconut alongside the road in Gouyave downtown, a very interesting spot.

The ride along the coastline was less impressive but still nice and less mountainous and I was happy to arrive back at the boat after almost 4.5h in the saddle.

Fair winds…

🚴‍♂️…Westerhall & Fish…🚴‍♂️

Despite some rain in the very early morning hours my mind was programmed for another bike ride accepting wet roads and potentially additional  showers on the way. It is warm rain anyway and showers hardly take longer than ten to fifteen minutes besides being very local. Playing likelihoods!

I enjoyed the ride ending with a downhill back into Saint George’s town center and popping by its fish market, which did not impress me at all.

Will need to get the bike cleaned & greased before hitting the road again.

Fair winds…

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