Time out
Review Submitted: September 25, 2009
Date of Stay: July 2009
This was a week when re re-charged our run down batteries in total privacy and great comfort. The view over the rolling Altantic waves is hypnotic and, for example, anyone who loves the North Cornish coast but who craves a warm breeze instead of England's icy gales will find that Crows Nest ticks absolutely all the boxes. The house is beautifully designed, spotlessly clean and extremely comfortable to live in; you do need a car but then the rest of the Island is easily accessible.
For exercise, you might chose between an invigorating walk along the East Coast, perhaps paddling amongst the breakers crashing into Foul bay; and a lazy sail on the West Coast, meandering past idyllic palm-fringed beaches and stopping to swim with turtles along the way. Or we went sightseeing up towards the North of the Island, driving through beautiful fertile valleys full of mango, avocado, breadfruit, sugar cane and strange but wonderful vegetables whose names we cannot remember; then stopping off to visit Harrison's caves (160 feet under and still 78 degrees warm) with their incredible stalactites and stalagmites. On another day we went to Codrington College, approaching down its classic palm tree-lined avenue, visiting the chapel and then wandering through the peaceful gardens full of frangipani and flamboyant trees, where we picked up shack shack pods from the ground, nature's ready-made maracas.
The best daytime and very local eaterie/delicatessen without doubt was Cutters (which also does an amazing rum punch) where we had lunch a couple of times; and the nicest evening meal that we had, not just because of its idyllic location right on the beach but also becasue the food is extremely good, was at the Lone Star restaurant in St James, on the West Coast.
We now want our batteries to run down again soon so that we will have an excuse to return to Crow's Nest!
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