The kids and Chris went out to “provision” at the Island General Store ready to depart for Bell Island on our way back to Nassau and Florida. They were convinced they’d find fresh anything where I hadn’t managed and in fact, they were right because the mail boat came in.There are three stores on the island. The two nearest the port are called something Pink and something Blue. The shore party visited both to be met with empty shelves and the advice to wait for the mail boat to come in, it was due anytime now. So they went down to the dock to wait with, it seemed, most of the rest of the islanders. Once the boat docked, people swarmed over it like bees on a honey pot unloading supplies into small trucks and golf carts (the main mode of transport). It was, apparently, bedlam. Chris and kids followed the largest truck to Island General the largest store on the island – I think with the idea that they could get what they wanted off the back of a lorry (lol). In fact they had to wait for the truck to be unloaded, inventory taken and shelves stacked which took over an hour. If this gives the impression that the store was now full of fresh goodies, I’ve misled you! We did manage to stock up on fresh fruit and veg for about 3 days – which is what we needed to get back to Nassau
Once they’d brought back their spoils we set off for Bell Island, an overnight stop before we revisited Warderick Wells. On the way out of the cut, we passed Club Thunderball ... and I couldn’t resist taking a photo.
Bell Island was unremarkable – we anchored in the bay where the 2 private houses had their enormous dock and were joined by their enormous boat overnight. We did do some good sunset watching and star gazing.
Top pic: The mail delivery boat
Bot pic: Club Thunderball
