St.David's Point and the Megrin Standing Stone

Today we again travelled up the east side of Grenada - heading towards Grenville for a walk about.

On the way, we found the turn off to St.David's Point (which we had looked for on a previous trip) and the location of Megrin - so decided to check it out.

Megrin is the location of the first European settlers on Grenada. It was a short stay the first time as the settlers found themselves under constant attack by the Kalinago people.

Four Englishmen: Geoffrey, Hall, Lull and Robinson, along with 199 fellow travellers arrived on Grenada via three ships headed to South America. They stayed for a year, until the indigenous Kalinago tribe finally succeeded in driving the residents off the island. They caught the first ship that stopped to see how they were doing - and left Grenada.

Today, the location is marked by a large standing rock and the remains of a lookout of some sort.

Even though this is a historic site, development of the point is occuring, and there are some beautiful homes along the road out to the point. We drove a bit, then walked the rest of the way - as close to the end as possible. It was a great viewpoint, and it was amazing to see how the waves were carving away the point.

There are many spots like this in Grenada - something that contributes to the growing number of visitors every year! And who knew - we even saw the elusive Grenada Dove at the point - something else we had been looking for!

 
We did end up in Grenville for a quick walking tour - and while there, saw the daily inspection of the Royal Grenada Police Force - Grenville detachment. They did drill and were inspected - before being dismissed. Interesting that the women officers have to wear knee high socks and skirts - no pants or nylons.


From Grenville, we headed back up Island - tomorrow we are kayaking for the first time - a 4 hour tour of the bays and small islands at the south of Grenada. Hopefully the rain holds off!