Drill Hall Beach, still an option!

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One Sunday morning we set out on our usual walk about with the plan to head to some beach. I love that we have a choice of beaches all within walking distance :). As we walked pass excellent familiar favourites such as Browne's Beach and Pebbles Beach, we kept going and settled for the beach at Drill Hall. It even has a little reef.
Drill Hall sits smack dab in the historic Garrison Savannah area with the Graves End Military Cemetery and Needham's Lighthouse to its left, the Barbados Defence Force Headquarters and Garrison Savannah itself directly ahead. We all savoured the many sights, sounds and smells along the way and the little ones had fun exploring the plant and animal life on the reef. Hope you enjoy them all as well.
We entered from the military cemetery
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Soo many almond trees......

and almonds!!!!!
Many people are not familiar with the almond as a fruit.......here it is :)



















Also plenty coconuts...... notice how they bend toward the sunlight!

Then there is the shallow reef.



With a few interesting sightings.






But the walk itself is always half the adventure. And so, along the way we spotted.............
men sorting, selling and roasting fresh caught potfish



Beautiful scenery and popular places
 I know many of you would have stopped walking right here!



And of course, these two are always engaged in some capturable moment!
 Hope you can all be blessed with a beach nearby.



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