Golf
Darren Baldwin, Tottenham’s Grounds Manager, who was in regular contact with us via email, to help us accomplish the tasks. On the pitch, we removed debris,
re-levelled the surface with various grooming and topdressing techniques and applied Bermuda grass seed, followed by applications of chemicals and fertilisers to try and jump start growth.
The game will be played on May 25th 2013 which, unfortunately, I will miss because, once again, out of the blue another job was offered, which I accepted.
During that period, having three jobs in a bizarre country was surely the craziest time of my life, which I thoroughly enjoyed. On the whole, I am proud of my achievements of “Conquering the Caribbean”, and can definitely see myself back there in the future at some of the new projects being built. I am writing this back in Stockholm, Sweden, where I feel most at home and about to start a new Deputy Course Manager position, which I could not turn down. It will offer new responsibilities and challenges and I am excited to see what the future holds.
Pigs might swim!
These amazing pigs swim every day in the crystal clear waters of the Bahamas - on their own tiny island where they live in luxury.
They show off their piggy-paddle to visitors who flock to their beach to see the extraordinary site of wild pigs making a splash in the beautiful azure sea.
Their exploits have been captured on camera by photographer and ocean guide, Jim Abernethy, 52, from Florida, who first stumbled across the feral creatures a couple of years ago.
The pigs are remarkably well adapted to their beach bum lifestyle of frolicking in the water and lazing on the sand.
“Whenever I show my photos of these pigs, people are just blown away,” explained Mr Abernethy. “They uniquely live in complete harmony on their island paradise. They are surprisingly strong swimmers. Even the younger piglets are totally at home in the water. They’re even happy to swim alongside people.”
Pig Island, or Big Major Cay as it is officially known, is blessed with a natural water spring and is sheltered by a string of neighbouring islands that protects it from waves caused by tropical storms.
The pigs are thought to have been introduced to the island by passing sailors who may have thought they would make a good food source. However, the sailors never returned and now all the lucky porkers have to worry about is where their next meal is coming from.
The pigs have worked out that the crews of passing yachts regularly dump excess food
into the sea and manage to survive by scavenging and being fed by the locals and holidaymakers.
The hungry pigs eagerly plunge into the waves when they see a yacht and will swim a few hundred feet up to the vessel in the hope of a free meal.
The pigs are so successful in their enterprise that they are now living the dream by raising their family of eight with nothing to do but eat, sleep and swim.
Read more at:
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1350337 or search for ‘swimming pigs’
Images ©Jim Abernethy
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