Steve McCabe: from island to island

Picture of a very low Boeri Lake:

Why was Jack Malone on 'Without a Trace' wearing a Chelsea t-shirt??? For the same reason Man Utd featured on The Simpsons tonight, perhaps...

...Rickey Hatton does it again, with an awesome round 4 win over Castillo. BTW did you see Wayne Rooney in Hatton's entourage?!

red rocks Originally uploaded by Pirate 605 These were the location for the clue and treasure in Episode 4 of Pirate Master. They are located near Pointe Baptiste in the north of the island.

PM had a little fire to it last night (rather than just being good because of Dominica being the location). The area around Red Rocks in the north of Dominica was the setting for the episode; the trails were the ones near Pointe Baptiste. Red Rocks by the way are the exposed red soil & rock formations.

The Longest Day. Summer Solstice. Bloody windy!

Today I heard the first thunder of the year, a sure sign we're in the hurricane season. We've got a small tropical wave passing over us but it just gave us overcast skies. I do however have my eye on a big storm just coming off the coast of Africa!

I saw this posting today on a vaguely Dominica-related blog from a Nigerian about a new collaborative website, and I just had to quote it: "We hope that you will be interested enough to wank to participate because this endeavour will require many hands doing many things."

Last night's Pirate Master featured the Layou River (Dominica's longest). The small waterfall where the treasure was found is just off the side road that went down to what was the rope bridge over the river - sadly, washed away by the great flood of 1997.

Boeri Lake Originally uploaded by Pirate 605 We're at the end of our 'dry season'.. and you can tell. The Boeri Lake was like Blackpool beach when the tide's out... you had to walk a long way to get to the water.

View from Cabrits Originally uploaded by Pirate 605 Fort Shirley is part of the Cabrits National Park. This is where last night's episode of Pirate Master was set.

Maybe it was OK that last night's Pirate Master didn't emphasise that the location was Dominica. If you believed them, we've shark-infested waters and snake-filled pits. I wish! Though we do have boa constrictors and small harmless snakes, none are poisonous. And the sharks are way way out at sea.

Just watching Pirate Master, episode 1, again. Things to note: - I heard about the guy who set-up the locks, and they were an ingenious 3-part 1-key lock - There are no crocodiles in Dominica - The 'croc' heads seen were actually alligators.