Colin Hudson Great Train Hike

Barbados has had a train 1883-1937, when it came to an end informal. The railway line was only 24 miles long, runs from the city of Bridgetown, through the communities of the south, then east along Barbados' very scenic rugged east coast, is the final stop in a small shopping center, Belle Plaine, in the north east.

The late Dr. Colin Hudson, a leading environmentalist, leader of the popular excursion, and agricultural scientists has been reached,challenged some years ago by one of his regular customers walks across the railway line to go in a day. Colin took up the challenge and was successful, this naturally led to ideas that are manifested in the days when "The Great Train Hike." This trip soon became the highlight of the calendar local walking with walkers foreigners wishing to plan their holiday in Barbados with this event together.

This event was promoted as one in which walkers can choose to fly 24 feetMiles, for example, or walking through one of the stations along the original route. It was never intended to be a race and so, even though every year there are those who need to have a challenge of speed. The flatness of this train / trail can be tricky, that one can assume it is an easy hike because of flatness.

For the first time traveler to this event all day, soon discover that the whole day contact is with the tropical sun, unexpected emptying of its own energy. The last four miles areThe worst is when the track is all paved road, which usually seems to never end. Prior to these last few miles, you may wish to negotiate rugged coastal landscape, fields and roads between fields of sugar cane basket. This will happen near two old sugar mills, oil pumps, agricultural, urban, suburban and rural communities. The entire route is through the migration guide, which require first aid assistance to communicate or simply monitored only for the guidanceHikers also there are water stations and snacks strategic intervals.

After the death of Colin Hudson in 2004 was a decision of the organizers of "The Great Train Excursion" has taken to rename it the "Colin Hudson Great Train Hike 'touches in honor of this man, the thousands of lives in many countries, and that so agreed by all, a man before his time, a great visionary.