Wednesday March 16th
If you can recall when we arrived at Governor’s Harbour we had fouled up our anchor with a cable from the Batelco Tower. Well the time had come when we were ready to leave and we had to deal with this. We put a plan together that I would swim to where the anchor was and Ted would follow me in the dinghy. With fins and snorkel and some weights to get me down to the bottom (in 17 feet) I would take a rope from Ted and put it around the crown on the anchor. Then Ted would tie off the rope to the dinghy and motor around to drag the anchor free of the cable while I watched to make sure we didn’t damage the cable. The last thing we wanted was to disrupt all the telephone service on the inland. We had a plan! Just before I get in the water at 07:30 I see a rainbow (must be a good sign).
Rainbow part one
By the time I get to the anchor the rainbow is running from one side of the harbour to the other in a full spectrum of colour. I didn’t get the full rainbow picture because I was already in the water but trust me that this was the most beautiful rainbow I have ever seen. The rainbow must have been lucky because after a couple of attempts the anchor was free. I just had to go back down to undo the rope which wasn’t easy but all in a days work.
Back to the boat and pull up anchor and cruise further north to our final stop on Eleuthera at Mutton Fish Point. The wind had picked up from southeast and caused some chop and waves to build. Luckily we were able to tuck right up around Mutton Fish Point and the waves flatten out and it was calm. We had a good spot for the night with the winds coming off the island even though the anchor was not set as firmly as we liked, but we weren’t really worried about drag in these winds. The bottom looked hard and very little sand so settling the anchor was difficult. This is not a place we would want to be if the wind clocked around to the west.
We decided to go exploring to the ocean side on another “elusive beach”. The only beaches around to take the dinghy to were private so we went to a rocky shore and anchored the dinghy far away from the sharp coral rocks and waded into shore. We walked up through a rocky road that looked like it had been sandblasted and recently been graded with course aggregate and may someday be an actual road. After a 1/4 we found the Queens Highway and walked a bit longer till we found the road between the two salt ponds. From there we hiked for about a mile and a half to the cliffs and found our elusive beach which was called Lovers Beach probably because it is so secluded. We found a few seabeans , some sea glass and a few shells and then headed back on our long trek back to the boat. On the way we spotted the Pineapple Fields for which this area is known for. How do pineapples grow, you ask?
Pineapple Fields
Pineapple growing
Often on side roads we find old cars and buses that have been long ago abandoned.
Abandoned Car
Now take all look at this one. Look closer and you see what else is growing near the car and the pineapple fields. Yes cabbage! Who would think that the cabbage would grow here. And why would anyone plant cabbage here? Another mystery like why do roosters crow all day.
Cabbage growing
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