I was up early and fed the birds some bread. Apart from the sparrows and blackbirds, there was another type of bird that was in the tree by the balcony, but I don’t know what it was.

I had my leftover fish and chips for breakfast, warmed up in the oven, and it was delicious.

Around midday, we caught the Reggae bus into Speightstown.

Faye was our tour guide, and the first place we visited was St Peters Church. This is an Anglican Church and is one of the oldest churches in Barbados.

The church was first built as a wooden structure in 1629 but gradually rotted away. In 1665, a more permanent structure was built. The church was one of only 3 churches that survived the hurricane in 1780, but the 1831 hurricane did destroy it. But in 1837, a new church was built out of stone. However, on April 21st 1980, the church was largely destroyed by fire, with most of the damage being to the interior of the building. But once again, it was refurbished.

The large bell that was previously part of the clock tower couldn’t be returned to its former location, so it sits outside the church as a reminder of life’s affinity to change.

We wandered down the main street in Speightstown, stopping off to explore the many shops and boutiques.

Speightstown is the namesake of the 1639 parliamentarian William Speights. Once known as ‘Little Bristol’, this town used to be the centre of commercial trade between the town of Bristol in England and the island of Barbados.

In 1654, the town was captured by the invading forces of Oliver Cromwell, who had come to control the royalist supporters of King Charles I.

We walked past Arlington House. This is an interactive museum about some of the history of the island, but we didn’t fancy looking around it all. The house itself was home to a wealthy merchant and was built in the 18th century. It was the first public health centre in Barbados.

Our next stop was the Speightstown mural. This mural is 80ft long by 20ft wide. It paints a picture of the history and natural beauty of Barbados and includes scenes of Harrisons cave and the raiding of the Barbados flag on independence Day, as well green monkeys. The bridge represents travel through thousands of years of history.

Speightstown used to be a whaling centre from 1886 until the early 20th century. The town is still a busy fishing port.

We stopped in Archers Hall, which is now a beautiful design shop, and I bought a glass turtle to take home.

We then wandered down to Town Square and stopped by a beautiful jewellery shop -Tiyi by design. Tiyi herself was there, and we talked to her about her jewellery and how she created it. Mags bought herself a gorgeous necklace.

After all the walking around, we decided it was time for a drink, so we stopped at one eleven east for a cocktail – rum sour.

It was a really nice spot and I made a new friend – Charlie.

As it was getting towards late afternoon, and we had all had successful purchases, we thought it would be a good idea to go to the Little Bristol Bar for food, and to get a table before it got too busy.

We had chicken and potato rotis with various sides, including the famous macaroni pie.

Initially, we sat down on the benches closest to the sea, but the waitress told us that the waves were quite high and we were likely to get wet, so we sat on a table a bit further back, and we were glad we did.

We watched the sunset, which was another gorgeous sunset.

The light from the sunset was really good for taking pictures.

The band started playing around 6pm, and they were brilliant. They played a mixture of reggae music and tunes that everybody knew.

The bar was really busy, mainly with tourists, but it was a great atmosphere and everyone was up dancing.

The band finishes around 830pm and by 10pm everything had quietened down so we decided to head home. Greg kindly gave us a lift as he was going home before heading out again for a night in Holetown.

We had a nightcap on the balcony before going to bed.