So, it’s a midweek public holiday. The weather has stayed
surprisingly fine. What do you do?
In London, I’m fairly certain our plans would have gone
something like this. Find out who is around in London out of our mates.
Pick a park near someone’s house and some good bars. Go sit in said park with a
ball, some booze and a picnic. Get slowly sozzled most of the day, kick the
ball about, retreat to a bar when it gets chilly. Nice day, where do I sign up?
If I were to say to the same bunch of people, though, “Hey,
I know. Let’s get up early, travel for an hour by tube and bus to a remote
spot, and then hike and jog for a couple of hours through the forest…and then have a bite to eat and some beer.
Oh, and not in the park. On a beach.”, I am sure they would think I was quite mad.
The latter is what we ended up doing here, with Claire’s
colleague Connie who kindly acted as our guide. We travelled out the southeast
of the island and walked a popular undulating trail called The Dragon’s Back,
which ends up at a lovely beach at Big Wave Bay (I cannot fathom how it got
such a complex name). Cracking day out .It’s also definitely a walk we would do again with visitors –
not too taxing, but bracing enough that you earn your time lolling on the
beach.
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