Bar Island View

Time and Tide Wait For No Man

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August 7th 2014
No fat, self-service, buffet breakfast today (with or without tips) as we were all sorted having stocked-up at the supermarket yesterday. We had planned to walk across to Bar Island today, but that can only be reached at low tide. Unless we were prepared to go at some unearthly hour in the morning, low tide was at 2.00pm, which gave us a perfect excuse for another morning relaxing and the kids hav ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more