Happy November to you all. I hope you are all well and enjoying the english winter as we move from Spring into summer. It's not especially warm yet but its good to have the light evenings and mornings.
However for this blog entry I thought I would tell you about my trip to Bermuda to particpate in a conference with the Attorney's General from all the UKoverseas territories. So my counterparts were there from places like Antigua, Anguilla,Cayman, Pitcairn Islands, St Helena as well as from the Crown Dependencies of Jersey and Guernsey. It was the most worthwhile conference I have been to, really useful and very good to make contacts in these different places. I left the Falklands on a Saturday afternoon and flew to Bermuda via, Santiago, Panama and Miami arriving late Sunday night. Bermuda is very beautiful but also quite expensive. The hotel was nice but expensive for what you got and you had to pay extra for everything (even the internet). The view from my bedroom was nice though....
I didn't have much spare time. On my first day I went to visit the AG's chambers in Bermuda to find out how they do their law revision and consolidation. Very interesting but I won't bore you with the detail. Their offices compared quite favourably with my shed back on the Islands...
In the afternoon I had time for a bit of sight seeing so I took the ferry to the old naval dockyard. You get quite a good view of the front of Hamilton from the ferry...
and the hotel that the conference was held in....
then came back to Hamilton (the main town) on the bus and stopped at the beach on the way...
Then the conference proper started with updates from all the territories and subject based discussions with contributions from law officers from Canada and USA. It included dinner with the Governor of Bermuda and time in the evenings to get to know my colleagues better. Also I got to try ' Dark and stormy' which is black rum with ginger ale - very nice. It was a really good event. Still all good things come to an end and the conference ended on Thursday evening...
Back on the plane first thing Friday morning and back on the Islands on Saturday afternoon. I admit to coming back and being re-motivated with all the things that need doing. Hopefully I can keep it up. Bermuda is a tropical bit of England and well worth a visit - if you can afford it! Lots of history and friendly people.
November here sees a royal visit from Rememberance Sunday and lots of work.
Have a good month and I hope to hear from some of you from time to time.
