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Sights of Barbados 2022

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Barbados We travel to friends on the island of Barbados  with sea, sand and palms sparkling in the sun. Life slows for a fortnight suiting thirty degrees heat with a centring of the day upon a bath in the sea. The people smile a lot greeting us on the street  and many speak first hand  of God as real to them. Their history is ugly. Britain held slaves here. Now the island is free and proud of that. With its warmth and light its beauty, its people  and their inspiration Barbados is second home. John Twisleton 18 November 2022 Friday is open night at Harry Bayley Observatory in Bridgetown, Barbados. Anne and I enjoyed a talk and debate on the recategorising of Pluto as a dwarf planet and joined a group of 15 or so to view the planets. COVID restrictions meant we couldn’t all look through the telescope eyepiece but viewed a projection on a screen. Here’s Saturn. Some sights of Barbados Wild Life Reserve where animals are friendly and tortoises unashamed! Bishop Wilfred said we really must
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Sights of Barbados 2021

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Mile upon mile of brilliant white sand bordering sea at 28 degrees is a draw for Anne and I every winter alongside our dear friends Bishop Wilfred and Ina Wood. The selfie is taken at Carlisle Bay which is the longest stretch of beach, crescent shaped leading up to Bridgetown harbour. Snorkelling is a bonus, floating over shoals of fish who like the Bajans themselves seem to enjoy our company. This bus stop outside Oistins in Barbados has a monkey-friendly theme. The green monkeys that visited our garden came from Senegal and the Gambia in West Africa 350 years ago. The 300,000 people on the island keep company with 14,000 monkeys which brighten and amuse life though they need care not exploitation.  On 21 November 2021 Feast of Christ the King Anne and I were privileged to attend St David, Barbados when the Bishop, Fr Michael Maxwell confirmed 11 candidates prepared by our friend Canon Noel Burke. With days to go before Barbados became a Republic the Bishop mentioned he was happy to l
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