Magical Mystery Tour

Last Sunday I found myself with a free afternoon. The weather was absolutely baking, so I figured that the best place to be was in or beside the water. I texted a couple of friends to see if they wanted to go snorkeling or something. However, something better came out of that.

Turns out that they were going on a "Magical Mystery Tour", and I was invited. What is this you ask? Well, there's around 48 public beaches (I think I have that right) here, and most people know of just a handful of them. So this group of people have decided that every few weeks one or two people will pick a lesser known spot and organize a day there. Everyone interested in coming will meet at a common place, where they will get a clue of where to go.

I showed up at the meeting place at 1 and turned out I was the first one there - always eager! The organizers were just finishing up some things, so I was enlisted to help cut up the clues. Once the others started arriving, we were given our first clue which turned out to be John Smith's Bay. When we got there, we had to solve another clue which was Coney Island – who knew we had one of them!. However, this still wasn't the final destination. I think everyone was starting to get a bit over-heated, but luckily this was the last clue we had to solve.

About 20 of us descended on Turtle Beach in St. David's, which is on the south-east end of Bermuda, and just past the more known Clearwater Beach. It's where the US military used to have a base and was then closed to the public. We spent the rest of the afternoon swimming and playing frisbee. What a great way to spend a hot day.

Near the end, the organizers announced that they had some prizes to give out. Although they had no way to measure people's successes, they decided to wing it and make up some winners. So, imagine my surprise when I was awarded first place because I'd shown up early and helped!

As the winner, it is now my duty to plan the next Mystery Tour. I have a couple of places in mind, but I'll have to give it some thought.