Sunday, 30 December 2007
Clifftop Vegetation
This is not a hill, or an ancient tumulus, but a grove of sea grape bushes.
The action of the wind has caused it to grow in this way.
View South towards Palmetto Bay from Kittridge
The view southwards. Note the lone palm tree, and the windswept vegetation. This side of the island gets the prevailing trade winds. During stormy weather, the seas can crash right up onto the cliff tops. Only the most hardy plants can grow here.
From Palmetto to Kitridge
The stretch of coast from Palmetto bay to Kitridge bay has some spectacular cliff top scenery. It is really beyond belief that this coastline has not got any legal protection, and nor is there a recognised coastal trail. Barbados only has 100km of coastline, it would be an easy matter indeed to institute a national Coastal path, and give it full legal protection. Unspoilt vistas like these are soon going to be increasingly rare, if the unregulated development we witnessed on our walk keeps up at the present rate.
One is tempted to call this walk "Vanishing Barbados", for that is certainly what is happening. Over the five years I have been visiting the island, I have seen a steady and sad decline in the state of the natural and visual environment of the island.
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