Sewing Machines and Short Cuts

You are probably wondering about the title and how these two things go together. Read on.

Last Thursday we walked to Martin's Marina. We were able to get some pictures of the bay and the infamous dock that we had our adventure on. The previous week I had announced on the Cruisers' Net that I was looking for a used sewing machine. The girl in the office at the marina had told Griff she had one for sale so we walked over to have a look at it. It was an older model Singer that interestingly had come from Canada. Her mother had just got 2 more from Canada and was looking to sell this one. However, we could not agree on a price. I had checked on the web and I can get a brand new similar one from Sears for $120 CDN so I offerred $50US which I thought was fair. She said no. She wanted $150US because it had cost them more than that in duty to bring in the other machines. I didn't feel like bargaining so I just said no thanks.

Now the Short Cuts part. We knew there was a short cut from the marina back to the road leading to Prickly Bay so off we went in the direction we thought it should be. We walked along the path until we came to what looked like a private yard. (We had been told once that all roads in Grenada are connected - none come to a dead end - they may end at a person's yard, but not a dead end.) At the end of our path we met a woman who was walking her dog. She gave us directions for the short cut (we had missed the turn-off) including one that seemed strange - "watch out for the bats when you walk through the house." We headed back and found the stairs leading up and at the top we discovered the house. the view of the bay was fantastic. The house was abandoned, maybe a victim of Hurricane Ivan? The rooms were massive, made of brick. Actually it looked more like the public areas of a resort or hotel rather than a private house. She was right about the bats - they were present in the front foyer which we had to walk through to find the path again. We followed it until we came to a chain link fence. Someone had pulled a corner of the fence back and that was how we got through onto the road again - Lover's Lane.

There you are that's how Sewing Machines and Short Cuts go together.