Welcome
The ferry terminal, Little Bay
Little Bay. A government minister adds her welcome.
The airport under construction at Geralds
The completion date has now slipped to 15 November
Looking south towards the tunnel under the runway. The road through the tunnel will be the only way to and from Drummonds.
The runway under construction
The precipitous end of the runway, looking northwest from Lookout
More new building work
New technical college, Salem
Shinlands, seen from Banks
Government buildings, Brades
Looking out from Lookout
Warden-assisted apartments, Lookout. Bernardine Collins, Community Services manager, with Gabriel.
A resident. There is a solar panel on the roof.
Another resident. View looking east.
Lookout Community Centre. Claudina Ryan (Comm. Serv.)
The former exclusion zone, Cork Hill to Richmond Hill
In Cork Hill, looking towards the volcano
From St George's Hill, looking towards Lees. The two wind turbines are still standing.
Looking down from St George's Hill rowards Plymouth
Richmond Hill, seen from St George's Hill
Richmond Hill sugar mill (formerly the museum)
Dagenham, seen from Richmond Hill
The bayfront seen from the grounds of the former Montserrat Springs Hotel. Grass is colonizing the ash layers.
The pool at the Montserrat Springs Hotel, looking towards St George's Hill and the volcano
Fox's Bay. Gabriel, Maureen Hodd
Fox's Bay beach
Fox's Bay, looking landwards
The properties may be unoccupied and the roadside ash uncleared, but the bougainvillea still blooms
A hike to the Cot and the Duck Pond
The start of the trail, Salem. You'd have to walk very slowly to take two hours.
Looking down on Salem. The cricket ground is to the left.
Not a lot to see when you get there, really
The duck pond, early morning
Picnic tables, Duck Pond
The duck pond in close-up
Wildflowers
That's it, folks
People
Lystra Osborne
Gabriel, Betty Trant, Bertrand Osborne
Angie Skerritt
Margaret (Annie) Dyer-Howe
Gabriel and John, on St George's Hill
Icilda Lynch, John Wilson
Marretta and Mary Burns, at Little Bay. Top left: the new customs house
Nell Lee
Sheron Burns, Gabriel
Gabriel and Eve White in her garden at Lookout. In the distance, the road to the football ground at Blakes.
Biddie Lee in her garden at Banks
Mando Meade and friend
Edward Lee, centenarian, Golden Years Home
'Judge', care worker
Daniel Meade on his 92nd birthday
George Henry, aka Skerritt-boy
A visit to Plymouth
You are not allowed to enter the exclusion zone without permission
Sturge Park with the grandstand. Like the rest of Plymouth, it lies under layers of pyroclastic material and ash.
The cemetery
The roadway eroded by mud flows
This is where we used to buy soft drinks
This was a supermarket
A gas station
A bank
Government Headquarters, newly built in the early 1990's
The courthouse. Only the top part of the clock escaped burial.
Monlec generating station, Lover's Lane
The eastern end of Lover's Lane. Ryners Village is entirely buried, and Fort Ghaut has cut a new path.
Montserrat nice
Our garden, with the flamboyant tree in bloom
David and Maureen Hodd's garden
Little Bay at sunset
All good things come to an end. The ferry comes in to take us back to Antigua and London.