Our last full day on the island and we decided to chill - catching up on emails, downloading photos, washing clothes, a little walk along the beach etc.
We were told you could see the sunset from a beach on the western side of the island when we first checked in and so towards the end of the day we decided to cycle around the edge of the island (instead of trekking over the big mountain) to see the sunset. So off we went, unfortunately another long slow incline but that was nothing - as we rounded the headland the wind was whipping around and we suddenly became aware of just how windy it was that side! We decided that we found the beach - according to our map, although it was a grassy verge off the road (we later read that the beach is only seen at low tide), so we laid the bikes down - before they fell down in the wind, and walked down onto the outstretched grass and found a large rock to sit on and see the sunset - luckily it was just the 2 of us (i think no-one else was crazy enough to sit in that wind, although there was another couple that came by taxi - they stepped out, snapped there sunset photo and jumped back into the comfort of the taxi before the sunset!). The wind was so strong you could see the spray sweeping across the sea as it whipped up and there was a low haze of sea spray as we looked on to the sun setting. As soon as the sun went, Emma said 'right, let's go!'..........We had limited time before complete darkness - and our bungalow was the other side of the island which would be even darker. We were fairly sensible and took our head torches, so they went on - me at the front with front white head torch and Emma at the back with torch at the back and red - fairly good plan! We started off cycling but soon the wind became too strong and the gusts brought us both to a stop! We started to get a bit concerned, it was getting dark, very windy and the road hugged the island so we were looking down onto the sea as it climbed and the sharp corners meant we couldn't see what was coming and they wouldn't see us - oh and the electricity cables above us were being blown onto each other and started to spark occasionally!! Anyway! We hoped back on the bikes when we could and a few times approaching sharp corners were once again literally blown off the bikes! After a while we managed to get further down the road on our side of the island which became more protected and we carefully made our way back down ...........with those very dodgy breaks again!!!! 😕. We were both glad to get back to our bungalow and cracked open a cold beer!!!!
