Special: Walking the coast of Barbados – Part 9 – Heading home

May 2025 Sadly my time in this wonderful country was nearly at an end. Yesterday I successfully completed my walk around Barbados. When I planned this trip I expected it to be around 4 full days of walking. In the end it was 6 full days. This was partly because of issues with buses and also that I had to walk at a slower pace than expected in the heat. However that was a minor issue. I had loved exploring a new country that has a coastline quite different from the UK, with white sand beaches, palm trees and wonderful turquoise sea. It was also fun to find it was also familiar in other ways, most notably the place names, but also things like red telephone boxes and the fact the language is English. I had really enjoyed my time here and very glad I came. So much so I was already thinking seriously about a return to the Caribbean next year (2026), although probably to explore a different country, as I had now seen all the coast of Barbados. Anyway this morning I had to check out of the…