A couple of posts ago I was saying how the ‘official start to a Bermuda summer’ (May 24th) was a little rainy. It stayed that way for a while but I can now say summer is well and truly upon us. It’s warm, it’s humid and it’s busy!
To get over the warmth, we try to eat and cook outside as much as possible. Liz started the trend when she was house-sitting Dorcas and Stewart’s gorgeous house. No pictures of the house because we were sat outside enjoying the view but here’s their dog Bandit enjoying a fuss!
Since I ‘rescued’ a BBQ our old neighbours left behind, Toby and I have been BBQ regulars. We’ll cook for ourselves, we’ll cook for friends, Toby will even cook just for himself! The power of gas!
Another option to deal with the heat, is getting in the water! A few weeks ago Jamie organised the first sea kayaking trip of the year.
Toby’s hat’s now a regular on trips…
Liz before her dunking!
We found a beach;
And larked about in the water a while;
I loved it so much I was out again within the week with Denzel and Rob from badminton!
It was a great workout for the arms and we paddled out round the islands along the south shore, starting at Tuckers. As we like to do in these blogs, here’s your map!
The first time we got as far as Nonsuch Island (circled), not realising until we got there, that’s what it was. As a nature reserve we weren’t allowed on it – no rest for us! The second time with the badminton crew it was a fish bonanza! We saw fish jumping, corraled others into little inlets to get a better look and were generally surrounded by pretty big fish even at the shoreline. So many fish!
Talking of fish, Liz kindly arranged a boat trip out to ‘Blue Hole’ a great spot for snorkling a few miles out, north west of Bermuda.
We definitely need to do this more often. So much fun and the reef was amazing. The coral was doing very well for itself compared the other places we’ve been where it’s damaged in places and humans have left their mark. The other difference was the size of the fish. Plenty of mid-sized fish and such variety! We’ll get an underwater camera to show you!
And then last week we went looking for Glow Worms! We started off at Naomi and Jon’s for some food before heading out.
Toby was just LOVING the view!
It is amazing what you can see though. This man appears to be paddeling his friend in a large desk drawer!
As it approached sunset it was time for us to board our very own boat. It being two days after a full moon, the time was right for the little grubs to think about reproduction and put on a little show for the fascinated humans sat in boats watching! I have no photos for you because we spent a couple of hours sat round on the boat eating cheese and drinking wine before the ‘display’ started. As brilliant as it was, with lots of we’re-watching-fireworks ‘ooooh’s and arrhh’s’, it wasn’t something that could be caught in camera! I did get this though!
I’d been very strict about my wine intake as I was designated driver for the night – no drink driving for me! Unfortunately that didn’t seem to help. On the way home, up a steep hill, going over a ridiculously aggressive speed bump I decided to go super slow to stop the bottom of the scooter scratching as it always does. My slow reached ‘stopped’ so I gave it some gas and with Toby on the back the weight distribution meant we did a wheelie on the spot and we both feel off the back! A 0 mph crash! Oh dear. I seem to be a queen of minor injuries these last few months, I’ve managed a dislocated toe (thought it was broken so struggled for 4 weeks before it popped back in!), a very mild concussion (getting a volleyball out of a cupboard!) and now a split toe! All pathetic!
