It seems the fishing was good yesterday (
Independence Day 2014) at the very low
Hermitage Dam for we saw quite a few people digging for worms to use as bait along the way and others on the banks trying their luck and we did see one or two fellows actually bringing in
silver perch.
It was quite a nice outing with
Fun and Thrills as we made another trek to the
Bowden Hill waterfall, perhaps my fifth.
This time I didn't ride but instead
eleven of us drove
to
Red Gal ring and hiked from there.
Yes there were quite a few riders and they arrived as we hung out at the dam, which incidentally, was very low but in the afternoon there was a heavy shower of rain, so hopefully some fell into the catchment area there.
We had to wait quite a while at the dam as breakfast was late but no one mined as we
lymed and some of the fellows even played football.
This time we had a guide to the waterfall,
Duyane, so we did not get lost as usual!
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| The treacherous route |
In fact he showed a shorter route from the
Bowden hill Primary school, which was less overgrown and did not have us walking by the side of the hermitage dam as we did once and when I found it quite treacherous. However as it was not wet and slippery yesterday, we did listen to
Duyane and return by that route and it was ok, but I would never venture there during the rainy season.
At the waterfall, we had a ball as the water was not as cold as the last time we went which had me putting nothing but a big toe into it!
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| It was fairly warm this time |
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Welcome back safe and sound Monique
It was good to have Monique on the trip ( Chully's daughter) had she had just returned from a trip to the middle east which had her spending two months in Jordan and two days in Israel, since the latest flare up over Gaza. I am sure all were happy to have her back safe and sound.
JOAN WILLIAMS, moderator of
Joan Williams on Line broadcast on POWER
106, describes herself as an unapologetic addict to the Jamaican outdoors. A
foundation member of FUN AND THRILLS ADVENTURE CLUB, she explores the island at
any given opportunity cycling, hiking or
swimming with that group, family, Jah 3 and anyone else who will have her. In
1995, she published the popular TOUR JAMAICA and the 4th edition is
now an ebook available at;
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